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High Court clarifies procedural steps in data breach cases where stress/anxiety is pleaded
Beauchamps partner Thomas O’Dwyer and knowledge lawyer Sinead Grace discuss an appeal from a Circuit Court decision regarding applications to the Personal Injuries Resolution Board (PIRB). This was an appeal from a Circuit Court decision where the key issue was whether a plaintiff who pleads stress/anxiety because of a data breach should have made an […]
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GDPR – Data Across Borders
We love to travel, and so does our data – or rather, companies want to send our data around the world. A look on the international transfer of personal data and notes that new standard contractual clauses have increased due-diligence obligations on data exporters.
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Defending Data Breach Claims in Ireland
Prior to the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an individual whose information was the subject of a data breach in this jurisdiction could only claim compensation for material damage i.e., actual quantifiable damage. A data breach is an incident where information is leaked or stolen and usually happens accidentally or as a […]
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