Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Policing with drones in Ireland

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 The Irish Times reports today that a Garda Drone Unit has been created  for various policing purposes: [Drones] look set to be deployed ini...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Legitimate interest in practice: EDPB report on one stop shop decisions applying legitimate interest

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Last year the European Data Protection Board commissioned me to write a report on legitimate interest as part of the series of One Stop Shop...
Monday, January 05, 2026

Digital Searches in Ireland: Garda Powers Bill published

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The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has published a draft Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill , with huge implications for digita...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Police powers to demand passwords - Poptoshev v DPP

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Does a law violate the privilege against self-incrimination by requiring an individual to reveal a device password when a search warrant is ...
Friday, May 03, 2024

Irish state spyware and the law

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In 2022 the European Parliament PEGA committee adopted a damning report on the use of spyware across the EU , following growing evidence of ...

Data retention in Ireland: When European law meets national recalcitrance

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I've just finished writing a chapter on data retention law in Ireland for a forthcoming collection edited by Eleni Kosta and Irene Kama...
Friday, November 10, 2023

The "essence" of the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection in the context of state surveillance

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The EDPS has just published a comprehensive study by Prof. Gloria González Fuster on the essence of the fundamental rights to privacy and to...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Issues with the new Garda Powers Bill

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I have a piece in today's Irish Times which identifies some serious concerns with the new Garda Powers Bill. Here's an excerpt: The...