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Clare Daly
@claredotc0m.bsky.social
Irish Solicitor 🇮🇪 with a focus on child protection 🧒🏼 | online safety 🚸 | data protection 🌐 CIPP/E Mother of three 👧🏼🧒🏼🧒🏼 Wife of one 💍
‼️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬s 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐀𝐑?

𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯 𝐃𝐏𝐏 [2025] 𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐂 42 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞

www2.courts.ie/viewer/pdf/d...
www2.courts.ie
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
👧🏼 ‼️ 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 13 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫- 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫

🔗 agenparl.eu/2025/10/16/n...
New EU measures needed to make online services safer for minors - Agenparl
(AGENPARL) - Roma, 16 Ottobre 2025(AGENPARL) – Thu 16 October 2025 [1] scribo-webmail-logo [16] Press service ** European Parliament ** Available in * [2] scribo-webmail-fr [17] Press release 16-10-20...
agenparl.eu
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
‼️ 🤖 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈- 𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞
At today’s 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 hearing on impact of AI on children and YP-
with CyberSafeKids CEO, Alex Cooney , as Board Director w/reps from Belong To Irish Traveller Movement , ISPCC , SpunOut and Webwise Ireland
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
💥💥𝐄𝐃𝐏𝐁 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐃𝐒𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐃𝐏𝐑

🆕 The EDPB has adopted guidelines clarifying how the Digital Services Act (DSA) interacts with the GDPR: see 🔗 here for more information 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/20...
Interplay between the DSA and the GDPR: EDPB adopts guidelines | European Data Protection Board
www.edpb.europa.eu
September 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
‼️ 🧒🏼 🤖 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 2024–2025 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.cybersafekids.ie/wp-content/u...
www.cybersafekids.ie
September 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🔐 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐏𝐂

⚠️The Data Protection Commission Ireland has just launched its Adult Safeguarding Toolkit- supporting organisations in meeting their data protection responsibilities when working with vulnerable adults
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-medi...
Data Protection Commission
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today launched a new Adult Safeguarding Toolkit to provide organisations and individuals with guidance and resources to protect the personal data of vulnerable...
www.dataprotection.ie
July 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
⚠️X (formerly Twitter) has lost a High Court challenge against the Irish Online Safety Code

www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...
X loses High Court challenge against Online Safety Code
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has lost a High Court challenge against Coimisiún na Meán's Online Safety Code.
www.rte.ie
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🤕𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦?
Is PIAB 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬⁉️

The much anticipated Supreme Court decision in 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐯 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 has been published ⬇️ www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco...
July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Delighted to contribute to this years Law Society of Ireland MOOC on #AI. I spoke on AI and child safeguarding 🤖 👧🏼
The course is packed full of experts and offers real practical guidance in all areas of AI
The MOOC is free and open to all until 31 July!
🔗 here 👉🏻 www.lawsociety.ie/mooc
July 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📵A clear majority of voters in Ireland support a ban on social media for under 16s amid political division over the issue. Simon Harris has said that such a ban needs to be given serious consideration.

www.businesspost.ie/politics/cle...
Clear majority back social media ban for under-16s
www.businesspost.ie
May 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
👧🏼 Delighted to contribute to the Law Society of Ireland Data Protection Certificate again this year 🌐

The last 12 months has seen lots of movement forward in terms of children’s data rights- talking all things children’s data data subject rights, to sharenting,
March 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reposted by Clare Daly
As parents, we wouldn’t let our kids jump in the deep end of the swimming pool unprepared or unsupervised, so why do it online?

Remember, online or offline, #SameRulesApply

➡️ www.cybersafekids.ie/samerulesapply

The #SameRulesApply campaign is supported by the
@hselive.bsky.social and Accenture
Same Rules Apply (2025)
YouTube video by CyberSafeKids
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🔞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞!…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝

The European Data Protection Board has adopted a statement on age assurance!

www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
www.edpb.europa.eu
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🤖 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀𝐈, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

🗣️Really looking forward to this @iapp.bsky.social Cork and Dublin Chapters Panel Discussion
Register 🔗 iapp.org/connect/comm...
February 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚸Articles 1-5 of the EU Ai Act come into force today-🔞But what Ai applications endanger children, are they caught by the Act?

⚖️ Article 4 Risk-Based Approach
risk categories:
❌unacceptable risk (banned),
⚠️high risk (strictly regulated)
✅lower-risk systems.

❌Article 5 – Prohibited Ai Practices
February 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Clare Daly
📚 Children’s Privacy in the Digital Age: US and UK Experiences and Policy Responses

📖Read our o/a chapter in Handbook of Children and Screens #ChildPrivacyOnline #DigitalFutures4Children

➡️https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_67
January 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
⁉️ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭❓
Have you ever been asked for information that appears to be in excess of what is necessary for the product or service you are buying?

CJEU delivered an important judgment Mousse reaffirming principle of minimisation under GDPR see ⬇️
🔗 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
curia.europa.eu
January 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
‼️Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251 Million
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251m
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook owner Meta €251m following a personal data breach that impacted around 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which approximately three...
www.rte.ie
December 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🌐 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 Centre for Information Policy Leadership has released a groundbreaking discussion paper on applying data protection principles to GenAI systems 🤖😎 🔗 www.informationpolicycentre.com/uploads/5/7/...
www.informationpolicycentre.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Interesting news coming out of US ⬇️ Is time ticking for Americans who like TikTok?
🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
TikTok Faces US Ban After Appeals Court Refuses to Block Law
TikTok’s Chinese parent company faces a ban in the US if it doesn’t meet a Jan. 19 deadline to sell the video-sharing app as a result of a federal appeals court ruling Friday.
www.bloomberg.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞

The Annual Legal Tech Conference in the Aviva Stadium 🏟️ proved to be an interesting day of exchanging ideas.

#LaToucheTraining #LegalTech
November 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
🌐 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

⁉️What is a child’s rights based approach to implementing the UNGPs✳️ in the Digital Environment?

🆕 The B-Tech Project and UNICEF have released a briefing analysing the protection of children’s rights in the digital age 🔗 www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
www.ohchr.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Clare Daly
"The youth-beloved AI chatbot startup Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage users to engage in disordered eating behaviors, from recommending dangerously low-calorie diets and excessive exercise routines to chastising them for healthy weights." futurism.com/character-ai...
Teens Are Talking to Pro-Anorexia AI Chatbots That Encourage Disordered Eating
The multibillion-dollar AI company Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that promote disordered eating and unhealthy weight loss.
futurism.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Clare Daly
A new era of transparency and accountability begins this week.

The first 19 very large online platforms and search engines must publish risk assessment and audit reports under the Digital Services Act.

The reports address risks like disinformation and protection of minors ↓

europa.eu/!MqRFdQ
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 PM
𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 Recent case in Germany saw a fathers complaint regarding the processing of their location data being dismissed due Household Exemption (Art. 2(2)(c) GDPR) - 🧵 ⤵️⤵️
🔗 360.lexisnexis.at/d/u_verwaltu...
November 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM