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David Broderick, director of the Small Firms Association, warns that Irish SMEs are facing a tsunami of regulations and laws that while well-meaning are presenting a range of difficulties for SMEs in an already trying economic environment. He talks about what these incoming laws mean for SMEs and warns a one size fits all approach does not work when it comes to regulation for businesses of less than 50 people compared to businesses of more than 1,000 people. 

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Mailchimp data breach,

The Works data breach,

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Snap-on Tools data breach,

Bank of Ireland fined for GDPR breaches,

Caixabank fined for having pre-ticked consent boxes,

Danske Bank fined for not having accurate data retention policy,

University of California extends credit checking after data breach,

Parker Hannifin data breach,

Block CashApp data breach,

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