IAB Ireland

Lobbying Organisation IAB Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details General Data Protection Regulation, ePrivacy Directive

Intended results Shared views of IAB at EU level and in the Irish market in respect of the forthcoming implementation of the GDPR and review of ePrivacy Directive

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne McElligott

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Email originally following a request from DCENR to provide information on ad blocking and meeting scheduled at department's request

Meeting (1)

Updated DPC on IAB's activity in respect of adblocking and our views re the GDPR implementation and the review of the ePrivacy Directive

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Alex White Minister (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)

Helen Dixon Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)