Enforcement · Data Protection Authority of Ireland EN LLM context A cited markdown file you can paste into your AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, a RAG or project knowledge base) to ground it in this document. Contains: this document’s text, its sections with their topics, and the full text of every law provision it applies. Everything links back to its source on overview.legal — legal information, not advice.
Departement of Social Security: Insufficient legal basis for data processing
The Irish DPA imposed a fine of EUR 550,000 on the Departement of Social Security.
Full text
The Irish DPA imposed a fine of EUR 550,000 on the Departement of Social Security. The controller uses the so called SAFE 2 registration process for anyone applying for a Public Services Card. The SAFE 2 registration, which is mandatory, processes biometric data without a sufficient legal basis. The controller also failed to adequately inform data subjects in regards to the processing and to conduct a data protection impact assessment.
Industry: Public Sector and Education
How it connects
References
Related across sources
15625/2026 Cass.Civ. - 15625/2026 Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS, the controller) is the Italian National Institute for Social Security. In 2021, the DPA fined the controller €300,000 for its… Supreme Court May 21, 2026 Privacy by Design & Default Privacy by Design DPIA
Guidelines 05/2022 use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement Guidelines ·EDPB May 17, 2023 Biometric Data Supervision Identification
C-169/23 Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC In Case C-169/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Third Chamber) ruled on a preliminary reference from the Kúria (Hungary) concerning whether the Budapest Metropolitan… CJEU ·Third Chamber Nov 28, 2024 Personal Data Legitimate Interest Supervision
C-60/22 UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland In Case C-60/22, the CJEU (Fifth Chamber) ruled on a preliminary reference from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden concerning UZ, a third-country national, and the Bundesrepublik… CJEU ·Fifth Chamber May 4, 2023 Right to Restriction Right to be Forgotten Personal Data
Opinion 6/2024 draft list of the Latvian SA on pro-cessing operations exempt from the data protection impact assessment requirement (Art. 35.5 GDPR) Opinion ·EDPB Apr 18, 2024 DPIA Personal Data Supervision
2020 EDPB Annual Report 2019 EDPB Annual Report 2019 1 EDPB Annual Report 2019 1 European Data Protection Board 2019 Annual Report WORKING TOGETHER FOR STRONGER RIGHTS An Executive Summary of this report,… May 18, 2020 Privacy by Design & Default Privacy by Default Supervision