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Data Protection Commission to further consider whether bank and airline computer systems could process Irish names and addresses with fadas
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High Court, on appeal from a decision of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) rejecting a complaint concerning an airline and bank who failed to record the applicant's name and address in Irish with fadas included: (a) grants an order setting aside the decision, where the DPC agreed that the decision had been flawed; and (b) refers the matter to the DPC for further determination, on the grounds that expert evidence needed to be properly considered concerning whether the computer systems could process fadas.
(Original text of judgment in Irish) Appeal from decision of Data Protection Commission - rejection by Commission concerning whether bank or airline had failed to correct inaccurate personal data stored by them - s 150(5) Data Protection Act 2018 - acceptance by Commission that decisions were flawed -court to annul decisions and remit to Commission for further determination - failure of bank and airline to store applicant's name and address in Irish - need for fadas - refusal of bank and airline to rectify names and addresses on the basis that computer systems were unable to process fadas - failure to consider expert evidence concerning information technology - request that DPC consider the matter - Articles 5 and 16 of GDPR - dismissal by DPC of complaints - whether matter to be referred to the DPC having been quashed - whether court to make the decision sought - standard of review - identification of flaws in decision -
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