Gerard Rudden

@GerardARudden

Dublin solicitor specialising in commercial litigation particularly data protection

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Joined June 2013
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  1. Mar 25

    Unless there is a significant change to US Surveillance law underpinning this, it is hard to see how it could survive a challenge. In that scenario, the role of the Commission lawyer before the CJEU is not an enviable one!

    Seems we do another especially in one respect: Poltics over law and fundamental rights. This failed twice before. What we hear is another "patchwork" approach but no substantial reform on the US side. Let's wait for a text, but my frist bet is it will fail again.
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    Mar 15

    Nearly 1,000 pages in our affidavit and accompanying submissions. Kudos to our legal counsel and team (most not on Twitter). In particular, thanks to & to who has been on this journey with me since 2018.

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    Mar 14

    Ever wished someone would do something about Google's abuse of your personal data? We're doing something 👇

    We are taking the Irish Data Protection Commission to court. For 3½ years it has failed to act on a GDPR complaint against Google’s massive Real-Time Bidding (“RTB”) advertising data breach.
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    Mar 14

    The DPC has the power to protect us. We want to see it rise to the challenge.

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    Mar 14

    As we reported previously, the DPC is the bottleneck of GDPR enforcement against Google, Facebook, and other big tech firms for the whole EU. Its failure to act against Google's RTB system has exposed all Europeans to it for 3½ years+.

    New report: Ireland is the bottleneck of GDPR enforcement against Google, Facebook, and Big Tech for all of Europe. European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders must intervene .
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    Mar 14

    We are taking the Irish Data Protection Commission to court. For 3½ years it has failed to act on a GDPR complaint against Google’s massive Real-Time Bidding (“RTB”) advertising data breach.

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    Mar 8

    5 years ago (May 2017) I told the Irish Data Protection Commission about the massive "RTB" data breach in online advertising. I and colleagues (the great ) were developing a system to fix it. The DPC engaged with us a little. But it did not act against RTB.

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    Jan 20

    What is especially powerful about the Austrian DSB's decision on is how it turns out all the "legal experts" that are great in commenting on topics, but really bad at reading facts, law and decisions.. 😉 ..amazing how people get paid for this! 💸🤑

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    Jan 20

    Tracking industry body claims it can audit what thousands of companies do with our personal data. Here is why that is impossible.

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    Jan 19

    1.5 years since and finally gets moving - but again only on Bullshit PR and a "quick deal" and much less on substantive US surveillance law reform.. It's not about moving, it's about the US legislators providing stable (1)

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    Jan 6

    As ever, nails it. France used the ePrivacy Directive to sidestep Ireland and directly enforce v Google & Facebook. Meanwhile, the European Commission claims all is well. Read her piece in TechCrunch here

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    Jan 4

    I'm in 's list of people who shaped 2021. Profile by .

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    Jan 4

    Great to see work on data protection being recognised internationally!

    I'm in 's list of people who shaped 2021. Profile by .
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    20 Dec 2021

    NOW FREE TO VIEW: How Facebook argues in internal docs that the U.S. is safe for Europeans' data, in defiance of landmark EU court rulings. 🧵

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    14 Dec 2021

    NO DPA fined Grindr €6,3 mio today in a complaint by . “Grindr failed to control and take responsibility for their own data sharing” - that sums it up pretty well. No more forced consents, no selling your data to advertisers

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    11 Dec 2021

    This morning’s Sunday Business Post gives a full page to the DPC’s problems “doing untold damage to the country’s reputation”. Big piece from .

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    11 Dec 2021

    This is a long read I’ve co-written w/ my co-complainant & ace lawyers , (+ Counsel) on the recent tribunal judgement following action we took against re their handling of our real time bidding adtech case. Have a look!

    The court’s response to our challenge to the ’s treatment of our complaint will shape the future of ICO accountability and complainants’ rights. Read our full analysis here👇
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    9 Dec 2021

    This is significant. in this morning’s Irish Times

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  19. 9 Dec 2021

    Very interesting perspective from

    DPC needs an overhaul of funding, structure and leadership via
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    8 Dec 2021

    Ireland's Data Protection Commision is clearly under siege - and needs an overhaul of funding, structure and leadership.

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