Dale Sunderland

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Data Protection Commission Ireland

Commissioner

Dale Sunderland was appointed Commissioner for Data Protection in February 2024. Prior to his appointment he held the position of Director and Deputy Commissioner with responsibility for the Data Protection Commission’s Supervision, Guidance and International Affairs functions. Dale joined the DPC as Deputy Commissioner in May 2016, having previously worked at Ireland’s Department of Justice from 2002 to 2016. During his time at the Department Justice, Dale was Head Communications and Corporate Secretariat, and held various other positions working on Irish-British immigration cooperation, EU criminal justice and policing policy, corporate governance oversight, and international, parliamentary and media affairs.

 

Contributions by Dale Sunderland

  • Legitimate Interests for an AI World
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • Changes at Ireland’s DPC: An Introduction to the New Commissioners
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • Why All Data Protection Compliance Processes Should Consider Children’s Data
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
  • The New Enforcement Battleground: Lawful Grounds for Processing
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2021
  • The Regulators' View
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2020