Former INM executive Joe Webb takes legal action against the media company

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Joe Webb, a former INM Ireland chief executive, is taking legal action against the company

Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie FORMER INDEPENDENT NEWS and Media Ireland chief executive Joe Webb is taking legal action against the company.Webb was one of a number of journalists impacted by the data breach at INM in 2018. The breach saw the emails of a number of journalists and senior staff at INM allegedly accessed by an external company.

The scandal prompted action from the Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, who promised to investigate the suspected data breach, while the National Union of Journalists also called for an explanation of what happened. In April 2018, it was revealed that 40,000 emails belonging to Webb may have been sourced during the alleged data interrogation. The emails apparently went back to 1999.Originally from Ballyhaunis in Mayo, Webb is a former chief execution of IMN’s Irish division.Murphy Coady Solicitors, who are representing Webb in his action, did not respond to a request for comment from TheJournal.ie.

In March, the Irish Times reported that the another former chief executive at INM, Gavin O’Reilly, had begun legal action against the company.

 

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