2019 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION IRELAND

20 February 2020

The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published the second annual report that has been prepared in accordance with section 24 of the Data Protection Act 2018, and it covers the period from 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

According to the Report, total complaints received was 7,215 in 2019 which it was around 4000 in 2018.

The largest single category of these complaints is “Access Rights” counting for 29% of total complaints received, followed by “Disclosure” counting for 19% of total complaints received.

6,904 of the complaints were dealt with under the GDPR and 311 complaints under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. Of the 6,904 GDPR-related complaints received, 1,252 complaints were actively being assessed on 31 December 2019, 1,098 complaints had proceeded to complaint-handling and 4,554 had been concluded.

You can find the full text of the Report here.

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