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Getting the strong impression many commenters here are reading the headline and not the article (and tbh it kind of buries the lede), so TL;DR: > At the center

Getting the strong impression many commenters here are reading the headline and not the article (and tbh it kind of buries the lede), so TL;DR: > At the center of the dispute is Ireland, which has outsize influence over the law’s enforcement because Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter are all based there. The country is responsible for leading more investigations, 127, than any other country in Europe, according to Brave. > [...] > Last year, Ireland’s data protection regulator sought a budget increase of €5.9 million. It got a third of that amount. > Helen Dixon, the chair of Ireland’s data protection agency, said she was frustrated by the budget restrictions but defended the work of her office. > She graded Ireland’s performance an “A for effort” but a “C-plus/B-minus in terms of output.” Basically, the current Irish government administration, responsible for funding the DPC, is not a fan of GDPR. For anyone interested in reading more about the Irish DPC's frustrations, Cianan Brennan[0][1] of the Irish Examiner is pretty dogged in his coverage of all things Helen Dixon & DPC (he's basically the main journalist covering GDPR in the main country tasked with enforcing GDPR), including her various[2][3][4] battles with the Irish government on their own GDPR-compliance. [0] https://twitter.com/ciananbrennan https://twitter.com/ciananbrennan [1] https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/authors/cianan-brennan/ https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/authors/cianan-br... [2] https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/over-6700-data-breaches-reported-to-data-protection-commissioner-976403.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/over-6700... [3] https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/cianan-brennan-dixon-determined-to-face-all-challenges-982811.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/ci... [4] https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/psc-data-protection-policy-updated-after-doherty-loses-seat-981078.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/psc-data-...

Proven 7y ago
> Last year, Ireland’s data protection regulator sought a budget increase of €5.9 million. It got a third of that amount. AFAIAC they can go screw themselves. Taxes should be cut and not increased.
killerpopiller 7y ago
sorry, but the Irish DPA is bought. Even with a low budget she could have at least start investigations, instead nothing. The GDPR will be revised this year (I believe), the corrupted Irish DPA and the OneStopShop approach is the main issue. Other DPA‘s are furious btw.
- lucideer 7y ago
  > she could have at least start investigations, instead nothing She's started plenty* of investigations but: (a) for large cases, the legal resources of the defendant have to be considered and a case has to be viable. Building these cases takes time (b) even for smaller cases, actual court procedures take (too much) time, so the cases she has taken are largely still in train * A good portion of those cases appear to be directly against the Irish state, rather than any private corporation

Proven 7y ago

> Last year, Ireland’s data protection regulator sought a budget increase of €5.9 million. It got a third of that amount. AFAIAC they can go screw themselves. Taxes should be cut and not increased.

killerpopiller 7y ago

sorry, but the Irish DPA is bought. Even with a low budget she could have at least start investigations, instead nothing. The GDPR will be revised this year (I believe), the corrupted Irish DPA and the OneStopShop approach is the main issue. Other DPA‘s are furious btw.

lucideer 7y ago
> she could have at least start investigations, instead nothing She's started plenty* of investigations but: (a) for large cases, the legal resources of the defendant have to be considered and a case has to be viable. Building these cases takes time (b) even for smaller cases, actual court procedures take (too much) time, so the cases she has taken are largely still in train * A good portion of those cases appear to be directly against the Irish state, rather than any private corporation