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Ireland To Check EVerything

Posted by Hemos on from the got-your-information dept.

ncostigan writes "The Irish Times is running a story on new legislation proposal where detailed personal data on every Irish citizen's phone and mobile calls, faxes, and e-mail and Internet usage will be retained for up to four years under a new Department of Justice Bill, Officials within the Department of Justice are understood to be seeking a legal regime similar to that mandated by Britain's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act. This 'timely' announcement just after a blackhat security conference hivercon held in Dublin this week had described similar draconian messures proposed in other EU states."

2 of 19 comments (clear)

  1. Emails for comment submission by Tayto · · Score: 2, Informative

    You should be an Irish citizen if possible, but I'm sure they'll consider reasoned and balanced mails from people from other jurisdictions.

    Irish Department of Justice Contact Page
    I'm not sure which department this bill would come under, so info@justice.ie is a general catch-all for comment submissions.

    I'm sure they'll also appreciate mails to
    Department of Justice, 72-76, St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.

    Please note the words reasoned and balanced :-)

  2. follow up by ncostigan · · Score: 3, Informative

    as a follow up. most of the major irish news networks have carried headlines to the backlash to this story. it did make front page news to a country historically allergic to civil liberties breaches. the justice minister responsible has been backtracking most of the day. lets see where it takes us.