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DPC Publishes Annual Report For 2023

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The Data Protection Commission ("DPC") recently published its Annual Report for 2023. The Report sets out the breadth of work undertaken by the DPC over the past year. 2023 saw a significant increase in complaints dealt.

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The Data Protection Commission ("DPC") recently published its Annual Report for 2023. The Report sets out the breadth of work undertaken by the DPC over the past year. 2023 saw a significant increase in complaints dealt with by the DPC, with record fines issued and corrective orders imposed following cross-border and national inquiries. In addition, there were a large number of data protection-related judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU").

The Report notes that the DPC intends to closely monitor developments in artificial intelligence ("AI") in 2024, and engage with the EDPB (including its ChatGPT Taskforce and Technology Expert Subgroup) to exchange information and inform the discussion on AI and Generative AI processing, with a view to establishing a consensus amongst EU regulators regarding compliance and best practice under the GDPR. The DPC views it as incumbent on creators of AI systems to ensure that the information regarding

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