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Irish DPC, Big Tech’s European privacy enforcer, faces mounting calls for reform

By Sam Clark ( February 17, 2022, 12:21 GMT | Insight) -- A possible reform of the Irish Data Protection Commission, which regulates most large US tech companies in Europe, will not go far enough, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said. Justice minister Helen McEntee has said she will soon decide whether to change the DPC's leadership structure, but is so far resisting pressure from privacy campaigners to carry out a full review of the regulator’s effectiveness.Pressure is mounting on the Irish government to reform its data protection authority following years of complaints about weak enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation on tech giants including Meta and Google....

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