Irish regulator readies draft decisions in first big tech privacy probes

Ireland hosts the European headquarters of a number of US technology firms, making Ireland's DPC the EU's lead regulator under the General Data Protection Regulation's 'One Stop Shop' regime introduced in 2018. — Reuters

DUBLIN: The first draft decisions by Ireland's data privacy regulator on probes into some of the world's biggest technology firms will go for consultation with other EU regulators this year, the lead watchdog for the bloc said on Feb 20.

Ireland hosts the European headquarters of a number of US technology firms, making Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) the EU's lead regulator under the General Data Protection Regulation's (GDPR) "One Stop Shop" regime introduced in 2018.