Can Employers Monitor Staff on CCTV? A Practical Guide to GDPR Rules for Workplace CCTV in Ireland
The mistake many employers make is asking “Can we install this CCTV camera?” GDPR asks a different question: “Can you justify this CCTV camera?”
How to Respond to Your First Subject Access Request (SAR): 5 Tips From a GDPR Solicitor
A company‘s first Subject Access Request is not uncommonly a red alert moment.
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McGarr Solicitors, Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year 2026
We were delighted to hear that McGarr Solicitors has been awarded the Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year 2026 for Ireland.
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What to Do After a Data Breach: A Practical Guide to the First 72 Hours Under the GDPR
Many organisations do not realise the first 72 hours after discovering a breach are legally critical under the GDPR.
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McGarr Solicitors, Civil and Commercial Litigators of the Year Award 2025
It is always good to have hard work acknowledged, so it was a pleasure to find out that McGarr Solicitors has won Leading Civil & Commercial Litigator of the Year 2025 for Ireland in the international Leading Adviser Awards.
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McGarr Solicitors one of Ireland’s Best Law Firms 2022
Everyone likes to have their work recognised, but there is a particular satisfaction which comes from having your expertise recognised by your peers and colleagues.
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Sample letter in response to Dept of Children refusal to provide Health Data in response to Mother and Baby Home survivor Data Subject Access Request
Dear Sirs, I write further to your letter of the [insert date of reply to SAR letter].
How to Read the McAleese Report into the Magdalen Laundries
Preface The McAleese Report was published on 5th February 2013.
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Sample Data Request Letter for the Mother and Baby Home Commission
This is intended to provide a guideline template letter for anyone who would like to access any data held relating to them by the Commission of Investigation Into Mother and Baby Homes.
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Personal Data Transfers after Brexit (Aug 2019 edition)
“There will no longer be a fundamental right to data protection post Brexit & this is something which cannot be remedied by domestic legal settlements short of a British Bill of Rights, & even then perhaps not so if Parliament
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McGarr Solicitors finalists for Personal Injury/Medical Negligence Law Firm of the Year
It’s always nice to get a little nod of recognition for the work you do.
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Data Transfers and the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
On 14th November 2018, the EU and British Government published a draft of a withdrawal agreement to deal with the UK’s departure from the EU.
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The Facial Images on the PSC are Biometric Data
Contention: That images of people’s faces which allow or confirm the identification of a person are biometric data and therefore data controllers and processors require a lawful basis under both Article 6 and Article 9 of the GDPR to process
USA -v- Microsoft Supreme Court hearing, Digital Rights Ireland and ORG Amicus Brief
USA -v- Microsoft is an important ongoing case, listed for hearing today before the US Supreme Court.
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The Data Sharing Agreement re the Public Services Card
It’s a requirement that public bodies sharing personal data, and relying on the provisions of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to do so, have an agreement in place first.
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The Public Services Card- An ID database and ID card
There is an excellent article by Elaine Edwards online (but not in the paper) regarding a pensioner whose pension payments have been stopped because she declined to submit to the biometric scanning and so on involved in being given an
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Phishing Fraud Warning
Phishing warning- People are apparently receiving these emails purporting to be relating to McGarr Solicitors from a domain called solicitors.ie.