Ireland’s data protection commissioner says around 2,000 internet connections in Europe are linked to the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica data scandal in the US. This idea of “third-party consent” was flagged as illegal by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems in a 2011 complaint to the data protection commissioner. Three yearsAsked why it took three years – and whether the change came as a result of regulatory pressure or regular software updates – the data protection commissioner said data protection regulation required an “iterative approach”. The data protection commissioner said that political data processing was already possible under existing legislation. EU lawA leading EU data privacy advocate has warned that Ireland will be in breach of EU law if the Bill permits widespread political data processing.

Source: The Irish Times March 26, 2018 03:22 UTC