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DPC, Prism, Safe Harbor and stuff 26 Jul 2013 | 04:24 am
The Irish DPC has come under fire in the international media on foot of their failure to act on a complaint by Europe v Facebook about US multinationals with bases in Ireland allowing data to be acces...
The DPC, Prism, and the Tech Giants 25 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
Europe v Facebook has issued a press release today decrying the failure of the Irish DPC to find fault with the reliance on Safe Harbor by US technology companies in the transfer of personal data of E...
Buying back the mortgaged off 28 Jun 2013 | 06:37 pm
Today’s Irish Times has a ‘news’ story about a man who, during the boom, sold his home and land for €3million and has just bought it back for €215,000. Fair play to him. He sold a property and home h...
An Op-Ed about Data Protection 27 Jun 2013 | 01:30 pm
Fergal Crehan and I drafted the original version of this op-ed piece on the evening of the 5th of June, completing it on the 6th and submitting it immediately to the Irish Times as a topical opinion p...
My email to Irish Times Editor, sent 25th June 27 Jun 2013 | 12:46 pm
Below is the text of an email I sent to the Irish Times editor on the 25th of June. The email was received by the Irish Times systems but I have had no response. Hugh Linehan on Twitter engaged but ju...
More unchecked Data Protection guff in the media 26 Jun 2013 | 12:23 am
Today’s Irish Times carried a story in the Business section that the ASAI, self-described on their website as the "self regulatory body" for the advertising industry in Ireland, have issued guidelines...
GPS, Ambulances, and Data Protection–The CSI Effect 25 Jun 2013 | 06:21 pm
Last week the Irish Times published an article that I can only describe as poorly researched. The gist of the article was that ambulance services were finding it difficult to get to the right address...
Compliance, Culture, and Tone at the Top 20 May 2013 | 04:24 pm
The Data Protection Commissioner has just published his annual report. It makes (as always) interesting reading. It has only been released in the last 30 minutes but there are elements of it that I wi...
Insolvency Register–some quick thoughts 25 Apr 2013 | 01:58 am
So, David Hall is challenging the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act regarding the publication of details on public registers. I’m quoted in this Irish Times article about it. My comments, whic...
Trust us. We’re the Government 22 Apr 2013 | 07:30 pm
Coverage of some of the structures of the Insolvency Service of Ireland has been rattling through my ears while I work the past few days. What I’ve heard gives rise to an unsettling feeling that the a...
