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How the International Press Reported on Safe Harbor and Schrems

  • 09 Oct 2015
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It’s been a hugely significant week for civil liberties in Europe. Following a judgement [PDF, 43kb] from the European Union’s Court of Justice, the Safe Harbour regime, which allowed the transfer of data from the EU to the United States, has been struck down. The …

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Data retention threatens journalists also

  • 11 May 2012
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Henry McDonald in today’s Guardian has an alarming story about Garda surveillance of crime journalists, including routine monitoring of their mobile phone calls and messages: Journalists in Ireland have raised concerns about the country’s draconian gagging orders on police officers talking to the media, including …

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Irish Times opinion piece on data retention

  • 04 Jun 2008
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The Irish Times published an opinion piece today from us on data retention. A subscription is required to read it at that link, so here’s the full text: Violations only made worse by new plans for data retention The Government is planning an alarming expansion …

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European Data Protection Day – Protect your privacy online and off

  • 28 Jan 2007
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EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION DAY – PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY ONLINE AND OFF European Data Protection Day takes place on Sunday 28th January. Irish civil rights group Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has put together a list of things you can do to protect your privacy. DRI Chairman …

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European Data Protection Day next Sunday – 5 Ways to Protect Your Privacy

  • 24 Jan 2007
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Next Sunday, the 28th of January, is the inaugural Council of Europe Data Protection day. Our view is Data privacy is something for every individual to look after. Private companies, government, hospitals, all store information on you. You are entitled to view that information if …

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ICEL Conference on Privacy and the ECHR

  • 29 Nov 2006
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The Irish Centre for European Law are holding a conference on “Privacy: Developments in the European Court of Human Rights” on Wed. 13th December. They’ve secured a superb line up of speakers: Professor William Binchy, T.C.D. (Chair Panel I) Gavin Millar Q.C., Doughty Street Chambers, …

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Digital Rights Ireland podcast as Gaeilge with Conn Ó Muíneacháin

  • 23 Nov 2006
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Digital Rights Ireland’s Antóin Ó Lachtnáin recently did a podcast interview in Irish with Conn Ó Muíneacháin, Irish podcaster from An Líonra Sóisialta and blogger from An tImeall. You can listen to it in full on the An Líonra Sóisialta website, or download it here. …

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E-passport at risk of being targetted by terrorists.

  • 22 Oct 2006
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Digital Rights Ireland director, Antoin O’Lachtnain, in an interview with Mark Tighe of the Sunday Times today, gave an insight into the possibilities of Ireland’s new electronic passport being targetted by criminals. The lack of security measures, protecting the passport from being “skimmed”, are a …

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DRI challenge to Data Retention

  • 29 Jul 2006
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Digital Rights Ireland has written to the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Michael McDowell TD, and to the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey TD and to the Garda Commissioner. We have looked for undertakings from them to cease breaching the …

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Irish Times article on technology and consumers’ rights

  • 10 Jul 2006
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Many thanks to Davin O’Dwyer who has an article in today’s Irish Times setting out our concerns about issues such as fair use, private copying rights, and more: Whether it’s listening to music on iPods, talking on our mobile phones or surfing the web, most …

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Photographers’ Rights

  • 09 May 2006
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There have been many discussions lately, both online and off, on the rights of photographers – when, where and what you can legitimately photograph, and what you can subsequently do with the photographs you take. This pamphlet is intended to give an outline of your …

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Data Retention Directive Passed

  • 15 Dec 2005
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Yesterday morning (14th December 2005) the European Parliament passed a Directive mandating member states to introduce surveillance of all European citizens in their daily lives. Digital Rights Ireland deplores the decision of the large parties in the European Parliament to collude with the Council of …

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