Mary Molloy Solicitors · Dublin · Acting Nationwide
GDPR and Data Protection Solicitor for Ireland
Your personal data carries legal rights, and organisations that hold it carry legal duties. We act on both sides of that line: for individuals making access requests, pursuing compensation for breaches and complaining to the Data Protection Commission — and for small organisations that need practical, proportionate compliance.
What we cover
The GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 gave Irish people enforceable rights over their data and gave the courts power to award compensation when those rights are breached. Most of what is written about this law is aimed at large companies. This site is for everyone else: employees, consumers, neighbours in CCTV disputes, landlords, and the small organisations trying to get compliance right.
Data Access Requests
Your Article 15 right to a copy of your data — how to make a request, deadlines and what to do when it is ignored.
GDPR Compensation Claims
Court actions for material and non-material damage when your data rights are breached.
Data Breach Response
For organisations: the 72-hour clock, notifying the DPC and affected people, and the breach register.
CCTV and Data Protection
Workplace cameras, neighbours' cameras and doorbells — what the law actually allows.
Employee Monitoring
Email, internet and location monitoring at work, and the proportionality rules that govern it.
Right to Erasure
Getting personal data deleted, search results delisted, and the limits of the right to be forgotten.
Complaints to the DPC
How Data Protection Commission complaints work, what the DPC can do — and what it cannot.
GDPR for Small Business
Practical compliance for SMEs: lawful bases, privacy notices, records and processor contracts.
Clubs, Charities and Schools
Members' data, volunteers, children's photos and WhatsApp groups in community organisations.
Health and Special Category Data
Medical records access, employment medicals and the stricter rules for sensitive data.
GDPR in Employment Disputes
Access requests as a litigation tool, references, investigations and the WRC interplay.
GDPR for Landlords
Tenant references, viewing records, deposit files and cameras in rented property.
Data Access Request Generator
Answer a few questions and generate a complete, properly framed Article 15 access request letter, ready to copy and send. Runs entirely on your device — nothing you type is stored or sent to us.
Open the generatorData Breach Response Checklist
For organisations: an interactive checklist for the first 72 hours after discovering a breach — containment, assessment, DPC notification and communication. On-device only.
Open the checklistBoth sides of the desk
Acting for individuals enforcing their rights and for small organisations meeting their obligations is not a contradiction — it is how you get good at this area. Knowing exactly what a well-drafted access request looks like makes for better compliance advice; knowing how organisations actually handle data makes for sharper enforcement. Data protection work is handled entirely by phone, email and post, so we act for clients in every county.
More about the firmThis page contains general information about Irish law and practice. It is not legal advice, it may not reflect your circumstances, and reading it does not create a solicitor–client relationship with Mary Molloy Solicitors. We do not advise on taxation; please speak to your accountant or Revenue. In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.