Irish Council For Civil Liberties

Gardaí challenge authors of report to produce examples and says it’s one of most trusted police forces worldwide

New report suggests lack of figures allows An Garda Síochana to claim there is no racial profiling in Ireland

‘Days of gardaí trawling through hours of footage’ should be over, Minister tells conference

Minister for Equality says proposal places obligation on State to strive to support care

Tanaiste disputes claim by Free Legal Advice Centres that ‘care’ amendment is sexist

Experts suggest a binding rule turning off algorithmic recommendations for young people by default

Risks of bringing in facial recognition technology for policing ‘too high’, civil liberties groups to tell politicians

European Commission contacted all large social media platforms, including X/Twitter, over disinformation in wake of Hamas attack on Israel

Constitutional law expert Dr Laura Cahilane said proposed amendment had ‘completely fudged’ opportunity

Some may welcome anything that can make policing easier, but others are likely to be wary of such technology in policy that could intrude on civil liberties

Gardaí must be held accountable when they use force, Irish Council for Civil Liberties says

Social media giant lodges application with Dublin City Council ‘for additional security and surveillance purposes’

In the News podcast: Will a new call for a State inquiry finally be answered?

Arrests and convictions of six men over robbery in Co Kildare ‘one of the most significant miscarriages of justice in modern Irish history’

State controversially funded private sector initiative to leverage DNA samples from Irish people for profit

Claim by data protection activist Johnny Ryan that regulator failed to fully investigate complaint dismissed

Bank of Ireland error allowing customers to withdraw €1,000 from empty accounts viewed as ‘civil matter’

Google is a notice party to the proceedings

Case centres around complaint about ‘real-time bidding’ online advertising system used by Google and IAB

Courts with exceptional powers are mostly a feature of undemocratic countries, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin tells event

Karlin Lillington: Despite a lack of clear research on harm to children from social media, there can be an rush towards legal curbs

Data privacy campaigner concerned law permits Minister to get ‘mass surveillance’ orders after private court hearing

Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection

Amendment will make disclosure of information deemed ‘confidential’ by Data Protection Commission an offence

Complainants to Commission could face €5,000 fine for disclosing ‘confidential’ information to media or other third parties

Goal of legislation will be safe and ethical use of facial-recognition technology to help faster investigation of serious crimes subject to maximum sentence of life imprisonment

One-third of Government-appointed review group believe the non-jury court is no longer justified

Public representatives and NGOs need time to analyse recommendations, says Irish Council for Civil Liberties

KPMG assessment finds series of risks associated with card used by 3.2m citizens

Data Protection Commission appears to interpret its mandate in a way that is sympathetic to the companies it regulates

Order to delete data processed and stored unlawfully in US could be more problematic for Facebook owner than fine of €1.2bn

Review may favour reform of non-jury court rather than abolition

GRA wants mandatory minimum sentences rather than two-year increase in maximum sentence options available to judges

One-stop shop places an unmanageable load on one small member state’s underfunded data regulator

Simon Harris says he intends to bring amendment to Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 at committee stage on use of facial recognition technology

Karlin Lillington: Any ‘smart’ present you give this Christmas means your or your gift recipient’s data will be gathered and sent back to the company

Changes could increase commission’s insight into Irish Data Protection Commission’s reporting

Irish Council for Civil Liberties tells Federal Trade Commission that ‘real-time bidding’ internet advertising exposes consumers to ‘significant injury’

Dublin group urges European Commission to act on Meta material from California legal case

Ireland might finally be making progress in meeting its obligations to people with disabilities, and to the United Nations