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This has been a long time in coming, and is significant for the EU as a whole because of Ireland is the designated lead regulator for data privacy issues. This

This has been a long time in coming, and is significant for the EU as a whole because of Ireland is the designated lead regulator for data privacy issues. This Politico article [0] from last year has a great overview of the history including background on how Ireland wound up taking a lead role on tech regulation in Europe. [0] https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/24/ireland-data-privacy-1270123 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/24/ireland-data-priva...

tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
"Designated lead regulator" - isn't it just that most companies picked Ireland simply because their privacy authority was the one least willing to take any action? Them finally doing something would be huge.
- semicolonandson 6y ago
  These companies came to Ireland not because of this but because of lower corporate taxes and an English speaking population; they arrived long before privacy regulation was on the table in Europe.
  - chopin 6y ago
    Yeah but Ireland does everything to not lose them over privacy regulations. The delegation of authority to national regulators is a big weakness in GDPR.
  - gerbler 6y ago
    As well as being the only English-speaking country in the eurozone