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Data Protection and Privacy Law in Ireland
The EU Commission issued its proposal for a new Data Protection Regulation on Wednesday the 25th January 2012. If enacted this regulation will repeal and replace the existing Data Protection Directive, which was enacted in 1995. The expectation is that if the Regulation is enacted then it will enter into force some two years afterward. When that happens national implementing legislation such as Ireland’s Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 will have to be amended or replaced. Learn More…