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March Madness

This month is a busy month for Castlebridge. We will be rolling out our new branding and are celebrating by launching a series of half-day training courses across a range of topics. Some of these courses are updates to public…
Daragh O Brien
5th March 2019
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Event Update! Registrations have closed

Registrations have closed for our Master Class Event with Michelle Dennedy. We have reached our capacity for our Master Class event in Dublin's Wood Quay Venue and have closed registrations at this time. We have had enquiries about whether we…
Daragh O Brien
7th November 2018
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Holy Swedish Meatballs!

Castlebridge are thrilled to have received notice that our proposal with our partners in ThinkPrivacy AB and Altada to design and develop a prototype privacy enhancing redaction technologies for IoT cameras and other sensor devices in an urban "smart cities"…
Daragh O Brien
30th October 2018
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Castlebridge discuss PSC on Newstalk

Our Managing Director, Daragh O Brien, was on Newstalk's Lunch Time Live on Thursday discussing the issues with the Public Services Card and the MyGovID database. A key point he made was that the State is continuing the roll out…
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11th February 2018
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Castlebridge on TV

Our Managing Director, Daragh O Brien, was on TV3's Ireland AM on the 8th February discussing the threats to personal data privacy in the modern age. You can view the segment here .
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8th February 2018
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Irish Data Protection Bill launched

The text of the Irish Data Protection Bill 2018 was published last week. Initial reviews suggest a mixed bag in the drafting, with some provisions clearly at odds with the protection of fundamental rights and the views of the Data…
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5th February 2018
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Privacy Shield or Fig Leaf?

A deal has now been done on Safe Harbo(u)r - EU/US Privacy Shield. Below we summarise some of the key points from the press conference and give some initial analysis. Note that there is no agreed text of the agreement…
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2nd March 2017
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Safe Harbor – Forecast not good

The negotiations on Safe Harbor replacement have ended. It appears (unsurprisingly) that no deal has been reached. Key gaps remained in relation to the fundamental issues that were raised in the Schrems case: oversight of mass surveillance to ensure necessity…
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1st February 2016
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Data Privacy Day Safe Harbor Update

Negotiations on Safe Harbor continue ahead of the end January deadline. Currently there is no agreement in sight, and it is unclear exactly how far apart the parties are at this stage. The EU negotiators have a clear position that…
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27th January 2016