EU Ombudsman opens inquiry into enforcement of GDPR in Ireland

10/02/2022 | The Irish Times

Following a complaint from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, EU Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has opened a formal inquiry over the European Commission's failure to monitor the application of data protection regulations in Ireland. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ms O'Reilly said that it was "appropriate to ask the commission to provide a detailed and comprehensive account of the information that it has so far collected to inform itself as to whether the GDPR is applied in all respects in Ireland."

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