Ireland guilty of “systemic failure” to protect privacy – Privacy International
December 29th, 2007
Ireland continues to suffer from a systemic failure to protect privacy, according to the new report of watchdog Privacy International on Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007.
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.
We were privileged to be able to work with Privacy International in drawing up their national report on Ireland, and we believe that it is unacceptable that our Government should continue to undermine the right to privacy in this way. If you agree with us you can click here to send a prepared email to the Minister for Justice – you need only fill in your name and [optional] address – asking what he plans to do to remedy the flaws identified in the Privacy International report.
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4 Comments Add your own
1. barry | December 30th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I was wondering why you didn’t include a ref to the URL of the report in the email to the Minister (somebody in his office might actually read it…) but the map is so misleading that I am not surprised you didn’t. The colours are very poorly reproduced, giving a very amateur impression.
Since I assume that Privacy International will be seen by the Dept as a crowd of cranks, have we a better reference to the actual text about Ireland??
Bye, Barry
2. TJ | December 31st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Barry
The section specific to Ireland is here:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd347=x-347-559527
I’ll revise the email to reflect this.
Regards
TJ
3. barry | January 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Am I the only reader who reacts
When I tried to send the letter to the Min my firewall said…
“unable to send the mail
550.5.7.1 …relaying denied, you must login to send email”
4. ghstdtnee | August 19th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
UK IDS as mandated by UK MoD for security?
UK MOD, UK MI6 engaged in use UK MIlSatCom for cyber espionage/ cyber terrorism/ Cyber surveillance/ Cyber sex!!.
Information technology used fo relectronic warfare {neural jamming as in TASER without wires; using Human computer technology/ Brain computer interface fo rcontrol..
YOUR information stolen by wireless {RADINT} stored for microchipping.
ISUUE IS ABUSE INFORAMTION TECHNOLOGY by UK INTELLIGENCE at YOUR expense. Not limited to BRAIN MAPPING./
UK intelligence, specifically malcolm tombs in uk mi6 {resides 7 tregowan close stoke on trent st 6 7 eq uk} exports human rigts/ civil/ constitutional rights abuse from UK [AS SUBJECTED}
PUBLIC INTEREST
What you dont know is that cards/ chips are able to manipulated as toinformatin w/ out your knowldege by those w/ no accountability or oversigt.
willing to speak against any type of control measures/ id cards/ microchipping
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