Yahoo will undergo a privacy audit by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) following the company’s announcement to the DPC that it would move all of its data processing facilities in Europe to Ireland, the Independent reports. DPC Billy Hawkes said it’s standard procedure to audit any Internet firms processing personal information in Ireland; Hawkes’ office is now completing an audit of Dublin-based LinkedIn. Hawkes has recently voiced disapproval of public-sector entities’ handling of personal data—even calling out the Department of Social Protection as being “substandard” in its protection methods.
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