Ian Grant reports: People who use the internet may have greater protection from electronic eavesdroppers following a consultation on changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The Home Office recommendations include an explicit opt-in for information exchanged between a sender and receiver to be intercepted by a third party, and a civil sanction…
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Police access to encrypted files: Does the Anglo case show up a gap in the legislation?
TJ McIntyre has an interesting piece analyzing Irish law as it applies to compelling production of encryption keys: Here’s a snippet: … Irish law generally doesn’t require disclosure of passwords or private keys to police – see e.g. section 28 of theElectronic Commerce Act 2000. (This is in contrast to the position in the UK, where…
Irish farmer payment details withdrawn
Sean Mac Connell reports: Details of individual EU payments to Irish farmers were taken down from the Department of Agriculture’s website hours after a European Court of Justice decision on the issue. The court declared portions of the regulations, which forced member states to publish the amounts paid to individual farmers, were in breach of…
Ca: Kennedy brushes off privacy breach accusation
Newfoundland and Labrador’s health minister has dismissed claims that he breached a senior St. John’s physician’s privacy by disclosing specific details of her income. The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association on Tuesday accused Jerome Kennedy of breaking privacy laws by revealing the amount of Dr. Julia Trahey’s stipend during a media briefing late Monday afternoon….