Tag: digital_rights_ireland

  • Your privacy – why you should care

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    Tom Raftery
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    Tom McGurk hosted an interesting debate on privacy last week with representatives of Digital Rights Ireland and the data protection commissioner last week (shame his show has finished and Ryan Tubridy has returned!). Bernie has a copy of the discussion and a great synopsis of it. One thing which disappointed me was the number of…

  • Digital Rights Ireland challenges the government

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    Tom Raftery
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    Via Bernard and Damien comes news that Digital Rights Ireland is going to challenge the constitutionality of an Irish law which mandates telcos operating in Ireland to retain the details of all electronic traffic for 3 years. This data can be requested from the telcos by the Gardai (Ireland’s police force) without a court order…