Reporter with @POLITICOEurope covering Data Protection and Privacy | Previously @brusselstimes, @irishtimes, @irishexaminer | Reach out at [email protected]
Brussels, Belgium
Joined February 2011
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Top officials at the European Union’s in-house data protection authority (EDPS) have expensed a high number of trips to their home countries in past years, an analysis by POLITICO shows — prompting calls for closer scrutiny 👉 pro.politico.eu/news/197539
🚨 Ireland’s privacy regulator has launched an investigation into how X has used Europeans’ personal data to train its AI model Grok 🚨
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Long seen as untouchable in Brussels, the GDPR is next on the list of the EU’s crusade against overregulation: politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-…
A number of Big Tech companies are ready to hit the European Union market with artificial intelligence applications that were put on hold over privacy concerns last year, Ireland’s regulator told POLITICO. pro.politico.eu/news/195681
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Trump dismantles surveillance watchdog, triggering Europe’s privacy PTSD politico.eu/article/usa-dona…
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New year new gig - I’m delighted to share that I’ve started with POLITICO Europe this week, covering data protection and privacy.
Anyone around Brussels or Dublin who fancies a chat over a coffee/lunch/drink, do reach out! You can find me here or reach me at [email protected]
Back in the Irish Times today chatting to some students in Ireland's (and maybe the world's?) first 'influencer degree' irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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Ellen O'Regan retweeted
"During this campaign, everyone talked about Good Move a lot but I'm not sure that the large majority of the Brussels population rejected it, actually." @Le_CRISP
– Understanding why Belgium's right-wing trend did not affect Brussels
@BrusselsTimes
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Ellen O'Regan retweeted
People in Belgium are heading to the polls for the 2nd time this year, now to elect their municipal (and provincial in Wallonia and Flanders) councils.
From voter turnout to the first results and reactions, follow it from the front row at @BrusselsTimes.
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Ellen O'Regan retweeted
What to watch in the Belgian local elections:
📉🗳️Will federal election trends repeat?
🌳🚳Referendum on Good Move
🔵🔴 MR challenge to PS
🦁❌ Non-compulsory voting in Flanders
✊🚩 Can PTB-PVDA get into power?
Read more:
brusselstimes.com/belgium/12…
'Still a very patriarchal society': Why are there so few women mayors in Brussels? brusselstimes.com/belgium/12…
Ellen O'Regan retweeted
How do expats rate their local communes?
@BrusselsTimes teamed up with @VOKA_Metrop
for a survey ahead of the municipal elections on Sunday – by @ellenoregan
Check out the result here👇
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Ahead of municipal elections this weekend, The @BrusselsTimes has teamed up with @VOKA_Metrop to ask expats living in Brussels how they feel about their neighbourhood. From registering at the municipality to cleanliness, see how your commune fared: brusselstimes.com/belgium/12…
The price of the Pope: Cost of visit to Belgium remains undisclosed brusselstimes.com/belgium/12…
'Soon there won't be anything left': Thousands march in Brussels to save Belgian industry brusselstimes.com/belgium/12…
No such thing as 'fair trade cocaine', says Belgium's Drugs Commissioner brusselstimes.com/belgium/11…
Ellen O'Regan retweeted
The results of the Belgian elections left many people in the country concerned. However, for refugees and asylum seekers, the consequences will likely be even more dire, further eroding their human rights.
@BrusselsTimes
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