Showing posts with label computer crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer crime. Show all posts
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 ...
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...
Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Search warrants and privacy in Ireland - CRH, Irish Cement & Lynch v. CCPC

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The High Court gave a very important judgment yesterday ( Independent.ie story ) on the issues raised by the use of a search warrant to sei...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Downloading or accessing certain material could constitute a criminal offence

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Poster put up in London internet cafes from 2010 onwards Background : It's not about asking owners to spy on their customers, it...
Monday, May 04, 2015

PPS numbers: internet saviours?

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Bank Holiday Mondays are quiet news days, making them a good time to get any old nonsense into the newspaper. Today is no exception as the...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Will Irish courts take phone hacking seriously?

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There's a remarkable story in today's Irish Independent about a woman whose criminal charges were struck out - without even a co...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Microsoft joins the transparency movement (with an important Irish dimension)

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Kudos to Microsoft for today publishing their first annual Transparency Report setting out details of how often national police forces s...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Testifying before the Oireachtas Social Media Hearings

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I appeared today along with my colleague Fergal Crehan on behalf of Digital Rights Ireland before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on ...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Illegally obtained digital evidence: Mind your Ps and Qs

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"While the law provides for court orders to be made for the preservation and obtaining of evidence for the purpose of future legal pr...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Impact of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 on cybercrime law

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One of the most important recent developments in Irish criminal law has been the enactment of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 which makes su...
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Sunday, April 08, 2012

Fresh claims that Irish police have been hacked

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It's been an embarrassing time recently for Irish police, following allegations that Lulzsec hackers were able to compromise the persona...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Anonymous attacks on Ireland will hurt, not help the case against blocking

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My heart sank when I saw this tweet a few minutes ago: Ireland has angered the hive, we will be reporting all attacks through this accoun...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Ireland to extradite "Boards.ie hacker"?

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Continuing our series of "interesting stories lost behind the Sunday Times paywall", John Mooney and Mark Tighe reveal that the DP...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Impact of the Criminal Justice Bill on the investigation of cybercrime

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The Minister for Justice yesterday published the Criminal Justice Bill 2011 (pdf) which is primarily aimed at white collar crime and unsurp...