r/europrivacy • u/EUobs • 5d ago

Norway Irish data watchdog pushed Norwegian citizen to settle privacy case with Meta

https://euobserver.com/218449/irish-data-watchdog-pushed-norwegian-citizen-to-settle-privacy-case-with-meta/
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u/Buntygurl 5d ago edited 5d ago

As fond as I am of having Irish blood in the heritage mix, this kind of data protection organization is truly like some Orwellian ministry of the opposite of its title and alleged mission.

The record of its failings from incompetence all the way to blatant corruption would have led to its dissolution some time ago, already, if it were an actual service business--but, since it's a business service, rather than an actual data protection agency, that's funded by the taxpayer, and with no-one watching the watchers, look out for even more of this.

Over a year ago, the EDRi published this:

https://edri.org/our-work/why-ireland-is-the-achilles-heel-of-the-eus-fightback-against-big-tech/

And there's this, from Politico back in 2021:

https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-frets-criticism-over-big-tech-links-goes-mainstream/

Integrity, credibility, taxpayer loyalty? Nope, not a trace of any of that.