Comments on: Data Retention Directive Passed

By: Report Tax Evasion

Report Tax Evasion — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:16:43 +0000

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By: Phil Challis

Phil Challis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:09:07 +0000

The problem is that the Gov’s is not there to serve us but totally the reverse. The expenses scandal brought this out coupled with MP’s immunity from prosecution. CCTV is a tool of the government to raise very necessary revenue. On the basis we are now ruled by Brussells – why do we need so many MP’s – is this not an area where we could make some huge savings by having a cull.
Number plate recognition is just another tool to collect road fund tax and nothing else.
The whole system needs overhauling as it clearly does not work.
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By: Phil Challis

Phil Challis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:59:10 +0000

I believe that the whole system is completely upside down. There are some plus points to CCTV but on the whole I do think that the Gov’t is stealthly bringing in new methods to catch people out and thereby raise much needed revenue. Number plate recognition is already functioning to catch the motorist who has missed paying his road fund tax. Let us face up to the fact that we are here for the MP’s and not as it is supposed to be. The latest expenses issue brought this out together with MP’s view that they are beyond reproach and protected under antiquated laws.
We need to cull the number of MP’s – after all we are now run by Brussells so where is the need for this second very expensive tier of wastefull expense.
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By: Shauna D Westwood

Shauna D Westwood — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:53:35 +0000

I totally disagree with this directive. It is an invasion of our privacy as Irish citizens. This directive should not be initiated at all. It is enough to lose our privacy over our mobile phones. That was uncalled for, as is this directive. Whether to monitor European citizens to prevent crime in a “Minority Report”/futuristic-type way is totally unneccessary and I won’t stand for it. I’m not a criminal and deserve respect and privacy, which I should enjoy without even having to think about it. I do not support this ridiculous notion. I do not agree with this website even asking me for my details here and I should be able to make an anonymous comment.

By: Gearld

Gearld — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:57 +0000

Does anyone know how long eircom keep their IP logs? There doesnt seem to be anything on their website. From reading the article above under the ‘Data Retention Directive’ it must be for a minimun of 6 months – as with all ISP’s. But I also see that Ireland has 18 months (from Dec ‘06) to comply with this directive. So not sure what the current status is.
Any feedback would be appreciated.

By: Digital Rights Ireland » UK security breach shows why data retention must be stopped

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:58:34 +0000

[...] How long will it be before the giant databases created by data retention laws are compromised? Governments worldwide, and the Irish Government in particular, have shown that they cannot be trusted with the information they already have. Now is not the time to create even more databases. [...]

By: County Criminal Justice Center

County Criminal Justice Center — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:30:26 +0000

County Criminal Justice Center…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

By: Digital Rights Ireland » Data Protection Commissioner’s Annual Report : DRI’s response

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:06:36 +0000

[...] At the launch of the Data Protection Commissioner’s 2005 Annual Report today Mr. Billy Hawkes, the Commissioner, strongly criticised the current Data Protection laws and suggested in his report that the implementation of the European Data Retention Directive into Irish law ought to be used by the government as an opportunity to revisit some of the provisions passed last year. [...]

By: Tuppenceworth.ie blog » Ciaran Cuffe Asleep at the Handlebars?

Tuppenceworth.ie blog » Ciaran Cuffe Asleep at the Handlebars? — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:55:25 +0000

[...] But if I were a Green Party voter, or potential voter, I would like to hear more about such mundane matters as the CPI controversy, the introduction of mandatory phone and internet monitoring, the recently announced plans to bring in Automatic Number Plate Recognition CCTV and the announced summit on the introduction of ID cards and their accompanying databases to Ireland for the UK’s administrative convenience. All these things have been making the news since December 2005 and all of them are in his baliwick. [...]

By: John McCormac

John McCormac — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:30:48 +0000

Does the legislation specifically mention the monitoring of web use and the retention of web traffic data?

The legislation (at a glance) seems to specify connection data and phone traffic data but not specifically web traffic data.