IT Law in Ireland

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

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

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

Following allegations of abuse of phone tapping by Irish police , I have an opinion piece in today's Irish Independent explaining why ...

I spoke at the Law Society's 2015 Annual Human Rights Conference  last Saturday about privacy and surveillance online in light of recen...

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

Garda body worn camera - screencap from Dublin Says No protest video. I had a piece in Saturday's Irish Independent on the implica...

I have a piece in today's Irish Independent on the revelation that there was widespread recording of calls to and from garda stations ...

It's surprising to see Ireland as a privacy haven, but by comparison with the UK we look good . The arrogance of the Home Office is ast...

I have a piece in today's Irish Independent on Oliver Connolly's claim that his rights were infringed by secret recording of his c...

The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they do: that's why they'r...

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

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

There's an excellent article by Peter Swire in the current International Data Privacy Law journal titled " From real-time interce...

Smoke alarm claimed to have been bugged by gardaí John Mooney and Mark Tighe have an detailed piece in today's Sunday Times ari...

A peculiar feature of Irish law for many outside observers is the fact that search warrants are treated as being an executive rather than j...

We've known for some time now that there's been significant abuse of the Garda PULSE database - whether this takes the form of garda...

Today's Sunday Independent reveals that a private investigator acting for Irish Rail illegally accessed staff bank accounts, while the ...

I've just finished reading a review copy of Cyrus Farivar's impressive new book The Internet of Elsewhere . Like many books, it trac...

I've uploaded a few documents recently which might be useful to anyone interested in issues of surveillance and interception of communic...