Terrorism no excuse to undermine privacy
Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor: Terrorism and organised crime should not be used as excuses for passing laws which undermine people’s privacy and data protection rights … It is a misconception that protection of privacy and personal data holds back the fight against terrorism …
The DRI legal action – What can you do to protect your rights?
We are at the edge of Europe, but our legal action challenging mass surveillance has implications for the whole European Union. We are the only group bringing a legal challenge and we need your support. We need support on a number of fronts: – We …
DRI brings legal action over mass surveillance
We have now started our legal action against the Government challenging Irish and European laws on data retention. Here’s the full press release. DIGITAL RIGHTS IRELAND CHALLENGES MASS SURVEILLANCE LAWS Irish civil rights group Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has started a High Court action against …
Support a right to be warned if your personal information is exposed
Disclosure of your personal information can expose the most private details of your live and leave you vulnerable to identity theft. Unfortunately Irish law doesn’t require companies to tell you when their security has been compromised and your personal information stolen. The first you might …
Data Retention in Pictures
David Rooney’s Irish Times cartoon neatly sums up the problems with data retention. A small detail is shown below – click on that to open the full cartoon in a new window. (Many thanks for permission to use the cartoon.) …
Eoin O’Dell joins DRI
We’re happy to announce that Dr. Eoin O’Dell will be joining DRI as a director. Eoin is a Lecturer in law and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and is an acknowledged expert in areas including privacy, defamation, media regulation and freedom of expression. Amongst other …