Comments on: Minister for Justice Ducks Questions on Number Plate Surveillance Scheme

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:15:03 +0000

This is just more of big brother snooping into our private lives and justifying it off the back of trying to stop the criminal elements.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:13:23 +0000

Just more big brother snooping into our lives and justifying it off the back of trying to stop the criminal elements.

By: Number Plates

Number Plates — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:41:42 +0000

Abuse of surveillance laws introduced in the UK to combat terrorism is rife in England as local councils snoop on people for their own petty uses. This system would be open to the same sort of abuse and mis-use and should be seen as an attack on human rights.

By: Digital Rights Ireland » Ireland guilty of “systemic failure” to protect privacy - Privacy International

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:06:58 +0000

[...] Their 2007 Report is a comprehensive document based on a survey of 47 countries and consultation with over 200 experts worldwide. Countries are assessed based on their privacy record and laws in relation to areas such as identity cards, biometrics, workplace surveillance and democratic safeguards. Despite having a generally good track record on privacy in many areas, Ireland overall receives the third lowest grade – systemic failure to protect privacy – based largely on Ireland’s excessive data retention laws, the government’s failure to protect privacy at EU level, excessive use of PPS numbers, and the planned introduction of automatic number plate recognition without adequate safeguards. [...]

By: The Community At Large » Digital Rights Ireland and you

The Community At Large » Digital Rights Ireland and you — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:02:29 +0000

[...] They’ve also started to try to use the mechanisms of rights enforcement- a complaint has been lodged with the EU Commission that Ireland’s failure to protect webmail from intrusion is a breach of EU law. Parliamentary questions have been asked of the Minister for Justice in relation to the mass surveillance fostered by his data retention laws. [...]

By: Dean Callaway

Dean Callaway — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:15:58 +0000

We make Show Number Plates and dont agree with this in the slightest. What difference does it really make what sort of plates people have on cars, there should be more police on the roads to view them!

By: Tuppenceworth.ie blog » Automatic Number Plate Recognition PQ

Tuppenceworth.ie blog » Automatic Number Plate Recognition PQ — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:10:30 +0000

[...] Update: I see that DRI have come back with a fuller analysis of the Minister’s answer, incorporating some of the points I made above. They also say that they have written to the Garda Commissioner, seeking to be involved in consultations, and to the Data Protection Commissioner. They’re also going to pursue the matter further by writing to the Minister directly regarding his ignoring the Law Reform Commission’s recommendations. [...]