Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is not a personal criticism. It is in a European context as well. Is big business in Europe able to manage the public affairs element of this with the economic side of the commission, for example? Are data issues and privacy concerns subservient to the profits of these corporations and their capacity to lobby? There will be serious consequences because we have not collectively enforced the GDPR. People will face the consequences. We have had other cases of breaches of data where lives have been lost. If someone's personal life is revealed because of a data breach, which is probable based on the scale of this, there will be a significant reaction and enforcement so we must be ahead of the curve.

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