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12 Jun 2025 Department of Social Protection (DSP)DPC: 550,000 EUR against Irish social protection ministry over facial matching without legal basis IrelandData subject rights and transparency €550,000

For registration for the Public Services Card, the ministry created biometric facial templates of a large part of the population without a sufficiently clear legal basis, with deficient information and an incomplete data protection impact assessment. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a reprimand, imposed 550,000 EUR and ordered the biometric processing to be stopped within nine months if no valid legal basis is found.

What organisations can take from it

Biometric procedures require a precise statutory basis and a complete impact assessment before they are rolled out widely.

Authority / court: Data Protection Commission (DPC)
Area of law: Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
Legal basis: Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und e, Art. 6 Abs. 1, Art. 9 Abs. 1, Art. 13, Art. 35 Abs. 7 DSGVO
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Public sector
Mitigating circumstances: No deficiencies were found in the technical and organisational security measures.
Published: 12 Jun 2025

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DPC announces conclusion of investigation into use of facial matching technology in connection with the Public Services Card Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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