# Data Protection Commission (Ireland)

> Based in Ireland; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source.

*Source: <https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/companies/data-protection-commission/index.html> · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.*

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| **What they do** | Ireland's national independent data protection authority, lead EU regulator for many large tech companies. |
| **Based in** | [Ireland](../../places/ireland/index.md) |
| **At Web Summit as** | a speaker's company |
| **Confirmed for 2026** | Yes: Des Hogan (Commissioner) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'Regulating big tech' |
| **Website** | [dataprotection.ie](https://www.dataprotection.ie/) |
| **Filed under** | [Governance, risk and compliance](../../topics/grc/index.md) |

## At the summit {#summit}

- **12:30** [Regulating big tech](../../events/regulating-big-tech/index.md) *Tue 10 Nov, until 12:50 · [Centre Stage](../../places/centre-stage/index.md) · the session page names it ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regu](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regulating-big-tech/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); [Des Hogan](../../people/des-hogan/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regu](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regulating-big-tech/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)*
## People {#people}

People the summit's pages list under Data Protection Commission (Ireland), by name, role and organisation only.

- [Des Hogan](../../people/des-hogan/index.md), Commissioner, as listed under "Data Protection Commission" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regu](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regulating-big-tech/), read 2026-11-04).
## Related companies {#related}

How we get from one company to the next: through an event both are at, or a field both are filed under. Each line says which.

- Also filed under [Governance, risk and compliance](../../topics/grc/index.md) (14): [0xbow](../0xbow/index.md), [Airia](../airia/index.md), [Arima](../arima/index.md), [Centre for AI Leadership (C4AIL)](../c4ail/index.md), [Contents](../contents/index.md), [Crystal Intelligence](../crystal-intelligence/index.md), [KPMG](../kpmg-portugal/index.md), [LawVu](../lawvu/index.md), [LEGALFLY](../legalfly/index.md), [Risiq GmbH](../risiq/index.md), [Scrut Automation](../scrut-automation/index.md), [Sphere](../sphere/index.md), [TrustScale](../trustscale/index.md), [Whitespace](../whitespace/index.md).

## Our question for them {#question}

As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked Data Protection Commission (Ireland) yet. When they answer, it goes here.

1. **Reach** What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
2. **Mandate** What were they authorised to do?
3. **Gap** Who controls the gap between the two?

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regu](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ad121169-9e44-4f1a-b5a8-7d804851f472/regulating-big-tech/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'Regulating big tech', 10 Nov, Centre Stage, Centre Stage, names Data Protection Commission as the speaker's organisation.
- [websummit.com/attendees/lis26/eb1e98e2-9bd1-4609-9bf9-8d42d96789f6/des](https://websummit.com/attendees/lis26/eb1e98e2-9bd1-4609-9bf9-8d42d96789f6/des-hogan/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: Des Hogan, Commissioner, Data Protection Commission; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio.
- [www.dataprotection.ie/](https://www.dataprotection.ie/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the company does, from its own site (title and description).

Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:50 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live.

Taken from the team's company map (`data/companies.json` on [web-summit.sgit.ai](https://web-summit.sgit.ai/)), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated.

The same, as data: [companies/data-protection-commission.json](../../api/v1/companies/data-protection-commission.json) and its graph, [graph/companies/data-protection-commission.json](../../api/v1/graph/companies/data-protection-commission.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)).

[All companies](../index.md)

[Open Data Protection Commission (Ireland) in the graph](https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/graph/?focus=company%3Adata-protection-commission)

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