“#Microsoft’s technology has put millions of #Palestinians in danger. These are not abstract data-protection failures — they are violations that have enabled real-world violence,” Joe O’Brien, #ICCL’s executive director, said in a statement.
(31) Updates Updates: Israel kills Palestinian civilians in #Gaza as it bombs #Lebanon
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/4/live-gaza-mourns-victims-of-israeli-genocide-that-never-really-ended?update=4150478
#politics #Palestine #genocide
@PatrickOBeirne I don't think EU law cares for Ireland's revolving-door system.
Today, the Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) has launched a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission over the appointment of an ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner
#eu #chatcontrol #ICCL
In case you need some numbers, the Irish Council on Civil Liberties published them here
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (#ICCL) secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action
Pioneering lawsuit against #Microsoft follows ICCL undercover investigation of data brokers that trade millions of people’s sensitive personal data
The online advertising's Real-Time Bidding (#RTB) is the biggest data breach ever recorded.
Details:
https://www.iccl.ie/rtb/
Lawsuit:
https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/
Animation credit: ICCL
In a historic win for data protection and privacy, the High Court of Ireland has this afternoon granted ICCL permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action. The lawsuit targets Microsoft’s vast online advertising business.
The litigation is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across Europe, because Ireland is the venue of Microsoft’s EU headquarters.
Dr Johnny Ryan, Director of ICCL’s Enforce unit, is leading the case. Speaking after the hearing, he said:
“The significance of today's decision extends beyond just Microsoft. Ireland is also the HQ venue for Google, Meta, TikTok, X and Apple. Today, nine years and one day after the GDPR was first introduced, we are finally opening up a way to enforce it against big tech on behalf of everyone. Regrettably, the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has paralysed enforcement of EU data law. But that need no longer be the case.”
The litigation follows research by ICCL Enforce that uncovered how people’s intimate relationships, finances, and other secrets, are broadcast by Microsoft into the Real-Time Bidding (RTB) advertising system. Microsoft’s RTB system operates behind the scenes on websites and apps to match advertising to specific people.
ICCL argues this system is exposing users to malicious profiling and discrimination. It also argues that the system is undermining European security.
ICCL is taking the legal action on behalf of all affected people in Ireland under the new EU Collective Redress Directive. The organisation hopes to force Microsoft to bring its systems into compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Posing as a data buyer, ICCL Enforce obtained thousands of RTB data “segments” about Irish people. These include information such as whether a person gambles, their finances and debt, and even such sensitive information as whether the person works in a sensitive national security role.
https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/
#ICCL #privacy #adtech #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #BigTech #microsoft #classAction #lawsuit #Ireland #EU #RTB #GDPR
🇧🇪 Belgian appeals court rules #TCF's #consent framework that enables 80% of the internet's #SurveillanceAds is illegal.
What a fantastic win for the complainants (@edri members) @panoptykon, @bitsoffreedom, and #ICCL !
@johnnyryan dude, all of you at the #ICCL are doing AMAZING work!
Your reports on the #RTB system are very important. How can awareness be increased?
(Most people I speak to haven't even heard of it ☹️)
Erst vor ein paar Wochen hat @adfichter bei #DNIP über ähnliche Machenschaften von grossen Schweizer Medienhäusern (wie #NZZ, #Blick oder #Watson) berichtet (die damals auch aufgrund der kritischen Anfragen behoben wurden). Getriggert wurde die Recherche aufgrund des Reports, den @wchr und @johnnyryan über #AdTech für #ICCL geschrieben hatten: "The Biggest Data Breach"
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https://dnip.ch/2024/03/26/der-taegliche-data-breach/
via ICCL (Irish Council of Civil Liberties):
🚨Only a couple of days left to apply to be our new Head of Research and Policy! 🚨
Deadline is 5pm on Friday, 6th October 2023. More info can be found here👇
https://www.iccl.ie/news/were-hiring-head-of-research-and-policy/
#JobFairy #Research #Law #Policy #CivilLiberties #Equality #HumanRights #ICCL #AccessToJustice #VictimsRights #Policing #DataProtection #Protest #CivilSociety #Ireland #MastoDaoine
21.09.2023 wyjątkowa rozprawa przed #TSUE: Trybunał Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej zajmie się śledzącą reklamą w sieci. Czemu? System wymuszania zgód na śledzenie w celach reklamowych narusza nasze prawa i chcemy doprowadzić do jego gruntownej zmiany -- a najlepiej całkowitego zaorania na rzecz bardziej przyjaznych prywatności form reklamy.
Kulisy sprawy i analiza problemu:
ICCL continues to monitor Garda involvement in evictions and we reiterate that their involvement is only necessary if responding to actual or threatened criminal behaviour and to maintain public order.
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#HowIrelandWorks #MastoDaoine #Ireland #Waterford #AnGardaSíochána #Gardaí #evictions #landlords #tenants #ICCL
Helen (#DPCIreland) is on the wrong side of the law (and history) once again.
#Privacy #Ireland #Google #ICCL
Court backs Data Protection Commission over Google inquiry https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/08/28/court-backs-data-protection-commission-over-google-inquiry/
Irisches Gesetz könnte Big-Tech-Kritiker:innen einen „Maulkorb“ verpassen.
Was haben die denn so schlimmes zu verheimlichen? 😆
"The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering new #privacy rules. The #ICCL & Open Markets & #TACD (a forum of 75 NGOs) make a major submission showing the need for action."
Submission to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission: https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/ftc-must-act-against-commercial-surveillance/
Written by Dr @johnnyryan #FTC #RTB #Google #dataProtection #dataPrivacy #advertising #personalData @dataGovernance @data
#PersonalData:
"Nearly all (87%) cross-border #GDPR complaints to Ireland involve the same eight Big Tech companies: Meta, Google, Airbnb, Yahoo!, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, Tinder.
● Instead of fully investigating, the Irish DPC uses Irish Law to choose “amicable resolution” to conclude 83% of the cross-border complaints it receives."
You should read the crystal-clear report on EEA #dataProtection authorities by #ICCL: https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-2023-gdpr-report/ via @johnnyryan #map #privacy @dataGovernance @data
L'Irish Council for Civil Liberties #ICCL è un'associazione indipendente per la difesa dei diritti civili che ha preso posizione contro l'inerzia del #Garante #Privacy irlandese #IDPC, (per esempio nel caso di #Meta, #Facebook e #Instagram)
ICCL ha ottenuto un risultato importante: ora le violazioni del #GDPR da parte delle #Bigtech verranno seguite dalla #Commissione #UE per evitare lungaggini
Notizia qui: https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/europe-wide-overhaul-of-gdpr-monitoring-triggered-by-iccl/
📬 Oracle verklagt: Massenhafte Datensammlung ohne Erlaubnis
#Datenschutz #Rechtssachen #Datenschutzverstoß #DSGVO #ICCL #IrishCouncilforCivilLiberties #LarryEllison #Sammelklage #Überwachungsmaschine https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/datenschutz/oracle-verklagt-massenhafte-datensammlung-ohne-erlaubnis-254683.html
📬 RTB: Die größte jemals dokumentierte Datenschutzverletzung
#Datenschutz #Kommentar #google #ICCL #Microsoft #RTB #Xandr https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/datenschutz/rtb-die-groesste-jemals-dokumentierte-datenschutzverletzung-242244.html
Studie des #ICCL über #RealTimeBiding für #Onlinewerbung: Google alleine erhebt in Deutschland pro Minute 19,6 Mill. Datensätze, um Werbeplätze profilgenau zu versteigern.
https://heise.de/-7096343
Ich frage mich auch, was dieses System aus #Tracking per #JavaScript, #Datenauswertung und #Echtzeitauktionen an #Energie kostet.
Konsequenter #Datenschutz wäre auch #Klimaschutz.
