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The Central Bank of Ireland has established a portal that allows Certain Financial Vehicles, namely Irish Collective Asset-Management Vehicles, unit trusts and credit unions, to register details of their beneficial owners ...

In our recent article, Privacy in Mobile mHealth Apps (Part I), we discussed the core aim of the ‘Code of Conduct on privacy for mHealth apps' (Code): to regulate and secure the personal data...

The Charities Regulator will soon have a range of new powers which it can use for the protection of charities and charitable donations.

his is the fourth version of the Code, coming 25 years after it was first introduced. We outline the key components of the new Code and examine how they interact with the existing "soft law"...

A new Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies takes effect on 1st September 2016.

Correct drafting of the pensions clause in an employment contract sets out clearly what is being provided in terms of pensions in a clear and unambiguous way to the benefit of both the employer and the employee.

There have been a number of attempts by claimants in Ireland to bring a claim against employers' liability insurers where the claimant's employer is not in a position to meet the claim.

The Minister for Justice recently commenced three previously inactive sections of the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 ("DPA").

Blockchain technology, also known as distributed ledger technology, is billed as 'trustless'. In other words, it allows the carrying out, monitoring, and crucially enforcement of an exchange for value...

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") recently determined that a company policy banning employees from wearing religious signs such as Islamic headscarves is not necessarily discriminatory.

Three important regulatory developments occurred during 2017 which may be of significant benefit to patients, families, practitioners and indemnifiers alike.

The UK government has announced that it intends to formally commence the process to leave the EU by the end of March 2017.

To coincide with Data Privacy Day, we have prepared a roundup of five recent announcements and developments in the world of privacy and data protection.

Travelling in Europe is becoming increasingly difficult with the imposition of additional security checks. However, as far as your pension is concerned it may be about to become a whole lot easier.

Unrestricted use of email, social media and file hosting services can have damaging effects on employers’ reputation and business.

In the whirlwind of attention which followed the invalidation of Safe Harbor, observers might be forgiven for missing another recent – and important – data protection judgment.

In December 2015, 3 years after the first draft was proposed, and almost 20 years since the Data Protection Directive was adopted, EU lawmakers came to agreement on the reform of data protection law.