Putting the fox in charge? Political parties and the GDPR: An Irish perspective

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dc.contributor.authorMcDonagh, Maeve
dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-16T12:09:16Z
dc.date.available2021-02-16T12:09:16Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-01
dc.date.updated2021-02-16T11:57:33Z
dc.description.abstractIn the wake of Cambridge Analytica, the use of personal data by political parties has been subject to increased scrutiny. Given the specific policy challenges which such use poses, this article examines the conditions for the lawful processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as it applies to political parties. It identifies the extensive flexibilities afforded by the GDPR to Member States and argues that granular Member State analysis is required if the GDPR regime is to be meaningfully evaluated in this context. Using Ireland as a detailed case study and referencing the equivalent provisions of the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA UK) for comparison, the article examines the different ways in which these Member States responded to the flexibility afforded by the GDPR. Based on this, the article argues that closer engagement with the issue of political parties by the European Data Protection Board is needed in order to provide a more fine-grained response which bridges the space between the â one size fits allâ approach in the GDPR and the wide-ranging discretion of the flexibilities afforded to Member States.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcDonagh, M. and Donnelly, M. (2020) 'Putting the fox in charge? Political parties and the GDPR: An Irish perspective', European Public Law, 26(2), pp. 363-390.en
dc.identifier.endpage390en
dc.identifier.issn1354-3725
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleEuropean Public Lawen
dc.identifier.startpage363en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11069
dc.identifier.volume26en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherKluwer Law Internationalen
dc.relation.urihttps://kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArticle/European+Public+Law/26.2/EURO2020048
dc.rights© 2020 Kluwer Law International BV. All rights reserved. Reprinted from European Public Law, 26(2), pp. 363-390, with permission of Kluwer Law International.en
dc.subjectGDPRen
dc.subjectPolitical partiesen
dc.subjectLawful processingen
dc.subjectFreedom of expressionen
dc.subjectPublic interesten
dc.subjectEuropean Data Protection Boarden
dc.titlePutting the fox in charge? Political parties and the GDPR: An Irish perspectiveen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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