Orla Lynskey recently spoke to Wired to comment on the 'Safari workaround' lawsuit pending against Google, for breaching privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser:
"What is really interesting about this litigation is that it is a sign of things to come in terms of data protection enforcement. Until now, data protection law has been largely under-enforced as individuals have not been sufficiently organised and regulators have not been sufficiently resourced to tackle the power of data giants. While a lot of attention has been on the fines that can be issued by regulators under the GDPR, an equally significant development is the possibility for individuals to mandate NGOs and civil society organisations to take this type of representative action on their behalf. Google and others will therefore need to get used to individuals pursuing accountability in this way."
Dr Orla Lynskey also recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's Law in Action to discuss the European Union Court of Justice ruling that Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called 'right to be forgotten'.