Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion
Mr. Paul Tang:
Let me underline Ms Sippel's words. I like very much in the committee's report the emphasis on extending the number of commissioners to bring more balance to the organisation. To my mind, the independent review could also be a peer review. It could be a very good way forward, for us on our side as well as Ireland's side, to see what is going on. We need very good competencies for investigation in that regard. We just had an exchange of views with Meta, formerly Facebook, that gave us a very odd interpretation of GDPR. We need a supervisor who also thinks this is odd and goes after that. We need a very proactive supervisor who would not just have these exchanges with Meta-Facebook but also would look into that. From the outside, it would seem that this is one of the capacities that is certainly missing. I appreciate the work the committee has done so far.
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