Irish DPC "handles" 99,93% of GDPR complaints, without decision?
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Irish DPC openly acknowledges: It does not decide about GDPR complaints. At least 99.93% see no decision, despite €19.1 million funding. In a rather astonishing hearing before the Joint Committee on Justice of the Irish Parliament, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), Helen Dixon, acknowledged for the first time publicly what many suspected: The Irish Regulator does not decide on citizens' complaints - in violation of EU law. In addition, the DPC accused critics of "complete inaccuracies", largely without specifying the inaccuracies. She also accused other Data Protection Authorities of political reasons to criticize her office. The two hour hearing before the Joint Committee on Justice was split into two sessions, with Max Schrems (noyb) and Fred Logue (FP Logue Solicitors) in the first session, and Helen Dixon (DPC) and Johnny Ryan (ICCL) in the second session. Witnesses in the first session largely agreed on countless issues with the DPC and highlighted that most complaints