“Of course that comes with a consequence, being the home of many tech businesses.”Ireland's data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, has been criticised by Germany’s data regulator and MEPs for allegedly dragging her heels on data privacy cases against WhatsApp, Facebook and other tech companies. “The Commission can step in, as backstop, and take over the specific enforcement in certain cases. Photo: Adrian Weckler / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Criticism: Data protection commissioner Helen Dixon. Photo: Adrian WecklerLast December, the Danish commissioner and former finance minister tabled a major overhaul of Big Tech rules, known as the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. “We have had a lot of distrust between the destination of services [country] and country of origin and we need to rebuild that trust [so] that there is ‘for real’ enforcement.

Source: Irish Independent March 19, 2021 02:37 UTC