Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) is overwhelmed with the task of regulating big tech, needs more resources and should accept outside help, according to Germany’s federal data commissioner. Mr Kelber’s main complaint centres on a lack of rulings from Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner since the new data protection rulebook, known as GDPR, came into effect in May 2018. GDPR gives Ireland’s regulator frontline responsibility for overseeing Dublin-based tech companies. But what was devised as a “one-stop shop” to simplify regulatory oversight had, Mr Kelber suggested, led to regulatory standstill. “None of the cross-border cases under new data protection rules have been addressed,” Mr Kelber told The Irish Times.

Source: The Irish Times February 03, 2020 05:26 UTC