Under Article 82(1) the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) a person who suffers material or non-material damage because of an infringement of their data protection rights can seek compensation from the data controller or processor.

In Simon McVann v Data Protection Commission [2023] IECC 3 (McVann), the appellant appealed against decisions of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) concerning the processing of his personal data.

On 4 May 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) released its highly anticipated judgment in Case-300/21 UI v Österreichische Post (Österreichische Post Case).

The Data Governance Act (DGA) is another prong in the European Union's (EU) strategy for data. The DGA sets out a legal framework to facilitate and enable the safe access to, and sharing of, certain categories of public-sector data for commercial and non-commercial use, other than the original purpose for which data were generated.

As Christmas swiftly approaches, we send you a subliminal reminder to do that last-minute shopping by sharing an interesting decision of the General Court (GC) of the CJEU in Shopify Inc. v EUIPO (T-222/21).

On 17 January 2023, Getty Images announced that it had initiated High Court proceedings in London against Stable Diffusion Limited for copyright infringement. Separately, a class action lawsuit has been launched in California against the generative AI systems Stability AI, Midjourney and Deviant Art.

On 21 May 2024, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment launched a consultation on the domestic implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act”). The consultation is intended to inform Ireland’s approach to implementing the AI Act, particularly in relation to the configuration of national competent authorities required for implementation.

The AI Office will implement the future AI Act at EU level and it should become a central coordination body for AI policy at EU level and cooperate with other Commission departments, EU bodies, Member States and the stakeholder community.

On 17 February 2024, the Digital Services Act (the "DSA") comes into full force, requiring all intermediary service providers to consider what action they need to take in order to comply with its terms.