Following our appearance highlighting concerns about the Data Retention Bill 2017 at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality (see below) they published this report, adopting all of the main recommendations we made: Report of Oireachtas Justice Committee on …
ICCL highlights dangers of public services card at Oireachtas meeting
Dublin, 6 February 2018 A delegation from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is to appear on Thursday at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, highlighting what it says are significant human …
Rights News no. 34 – Autumn/Winter 2017
ICCL’s newsletter for Autumn/Winter 2017 is now available as a PDF: Rights News Autumn Winter 2017 and on ISSUU, below. If you’d like to subscribe to Rights News, let us know by writing to info@iccl.ie.
ICCL Submission to Oireachtas Justice Committee on the Data Retention Bill 2017
On 16 November 2017 the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, together with Digital Rights Ireland, submitted a report to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Justice and Equality on the Data Retention Bill. Here is the full text of our submission: …
The Data Retention Bill – what does it mean for your privacy?
Our Information Rights Project Manager, Elizabeth Farries, appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality last week with regard to the ICCL/DRI joint submission on the Retention of Data Bill. Watch her and our ED, Liam Herrick, here …
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland host Public Meeting on Public Sector Cards
Public meeting on Public Service Cards and a National Biometric Database Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Digital Rights Ireland will be hosting a public meeting on the introduction of public service cards and the national biometric database. The meeting will take …