Irish Supervisory Authority’s final decision summary: fines confirmed

29 November 2022
  • Date of final decision: 29 November 2022
  • Cross-border case or national case: mix – One Cross-border and Five National (six cases in total)
  • If cross-border, LSA:  Irish Supervisory Authority (SA)
  • and CSAs: all other European SAs
  • Controller:
    1. MOVE (Men Overcoming Violence) Ireland
    2. Teaching Council
    3. Limerick City and County Council 
    4. Slane Credit Union
    5. Bank of Ireland Group plc
    6. Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly known as    Facebook Ireland Limited)                     
  • Legal Reference:
    1. Articles 5(1)(f) and 32(1) of the GDPR
    2. Article 5(1), Article 32(1), Article 33(1) of the GDPR
    3. Article 15, Article 13, Article 12 of the GDPR
    4. Article 5(1)(f) and 32(1), Article 24 and 30(1), Article 28(1) and (3) of the GDPR
    5. Article 33(1), Article 33(3), Article 34, Article 32(1) of the GDPR
    6. Articles 5(1)(f), 5(2), 24(1) and 32(1) of the GDPR
  • Key words: decisions confirmed, podcast.

 

Decision

Decisions to impose administrative fines on six different organisations confirmed in the Dublin Circuit Court, ranging between €1,500 and €17 million.

The decisions in relation to each of the six separate inquiries can be found below:

1. MOVE Ireland - August 2021 (€1,500)

2. Teaching Council - December 2021 (€60,000)

3. Limerick City and County Council - December 2021 (€110,000)

4. Slane Credit Union - January 2022 (€5,000)

5. Bank of Ireland Group plc - March 2022 (€463,000)

6. Meta Platforms Ireland Limited - March 2022 (€17 million)

 

Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle and Deputy Commissioner Cian O’Brien have provided overview of these investigations, discussing the outcomes, fines and reprimands, in the latest DPC podcast - available here.

The news published here does not constitute official EDPB communication, nor an EDPB endorsement. This news item was originally published by the national supervisory authority and was published here at the request of the SA for information purposes. Any questions regarding this news item should be directed to the supervisory authority concerned.