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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."

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  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. Damnit... by hitzroth · · Score: 3, Funny

    This kind of behavior makes me want to get piss drunk and beat the shit out of someone.

    "Yes, look at the way everyone else in our corner of the world is subduing the rights of the people to be free from unreasonable search and siezure. We must do the same."

    The only good that can possibly come of this is the new storage techniques which would be needed to keep available the ginormous ammount of data for four years. But the twelve seconds that it would take to come up with a solution and the half an hour it will be interesting don't compare to what it does to privacy rights.

    Good times. Not moving to Austrailia, Denmark, or Ireland. I'm thinking Andorra. Little place on the border between Spance and Frain, minimal taxation, libertarian-capitalist-esque government. With skiing. Paradise.

    --
    In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
    --VonNeumann
    1. Re:Damnit... by hitzroth · · Score: 2

      I have to admit that I'm confused about your reply. Do you belong to the group of people who thing that seriousness is the only way to deal with serious issues?

      What are your options when confronted with "the glint of a sharp blade in a deserted alley"? Run, fight, try to defuse the situation if you can't run or fight. Break the tension and people tend to think a little more clearly.

      Anyway, I'd have figured the racist slur in the first line would have been the most offensive thing in my post.

      Not that it's relevant to this post but I like your music, by the way.

      --
      In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
      --VonNeumann
  3. for money for the guys by martin · · Score: 2

    who make SANs / hard disks etc..... :-)

  4. 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.