I’ve written quite a lot about the outdated nature of surveillance oversight in Ireland (PDF), including its lack of transparency.
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I’ve written quite a lot about the outdated nature of surveillance oversight in Ireland (PDF), including its lack of transparency.
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The Irish Times reports today that a Garda Drone Unit has been created for various policing purposes:[Drones] look set to be deployed initially to pursue offenders, including those in vehicles, and for rapid dispatch to the scenes of major emergencies…
Last year the European Data Protection Board commissioned me to write a report on legitimate interest as part of the series of One Stop Shop thematic digests and I’m delighted that this has now been published. The report surveys…
The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has published a draft Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill, with huge implications for digital searches in Ireland.This follows on from a Heads of Bill originally put forward in 2021. There were clear…
Does a law violate the privilege against self-incrimination by requiring an individual to reveal a device password when a search warrant is being executed? The Irish High Court recently considered this issue in Poptoshev v DPP, holding that it…
In 2022 the European Parliament PEGA committee adopted a damning report on the use of spyware across the EU, following growing evidence of countries such as Spain, Poland, Greece and Hungary abusing spyware to spy on opposition politicians, the…
I’ve just finished writing a chapter on data retention law in Ireland for a forthcoming collection edited by Eleni Kosta and Irene Kamara. It examines how, from the judgment in Digital Rights Ireland onwards, the Irish state has fought…
The EDPS has just published a comprehensive study by Prof. Gloria González Fuster on the essence of the fundamental rights to privacy and to protection of personal data, and marked the publication of the study with a one day…
I have a piece in today’s Irish Times which identifies some serious concerns with the new Garda Powers Bill. Here’s an excerpt:The sensitivity of your phone means that this week’s proposal from the Department of Justice for a new Garda…
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