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# data-collection - Thursday 30 July, 2020

Data watchdog has 'serious doubts' over whether social welfare inspectors acted lawfully at airports

Jul 30th 2020, 1:14 PM 16,882 Views 38 Comments

The Data Protection Commission is seeking further clarity from the department over the actions of social welfare inspectors at airports.

# data-collection - Sunday 2 October, 2016

# Data Collection

Google's Irish boss thinks government departments need to be more like Estonia

Oct 2nd 2016, 6:55 AM 14,375 Views 23 Comments

The eastern European country has been quick to embrace new technology.

# data-collection - Sunday 17 May, 2015

# Part 1

State surveillance: How Gardaí and others can secretly monitor you

May 17th 2015, 10:00 PM 121,301 Views 104 Comments

Part One of TheJournal.ie’s two-part series on state surveillance in Ireland.

# data-collection - Wednesday 27 November, 2013

# Opinion

Column: The EU seems just as interested in your data as the NSA

Nov 27th 2013, 7:30 PM 48 Views 27 Comments

Searching questions need to be asked over what type of data the EU retains – and what it does with this data, writes David Moloney.

# data-collection - Tuesday 16 July, 2013

# Bankers

21 bankers in Ireland earned more than €1 million in 2011

Jul 16th 2013, 8:26 AM 6,376 Views 83 Comments

Another EU state had 2,436 individuals earning over €1 million in the same year.

# data-collection - Friday 14 June, 2013

# Civil Liberties

Civil liberties groups claim PRISM breaches international human rights

Jun 14th 2013, 8:46 AM 5,395 Views 25 Comments

A full-page newspaper ad, to coincide with an EU-US summit in Dublin, claims surveillance breaches United Nations conventions.

# data-collection - Tuesday 11 June, 2013

# Data Collection

EU to raise concerns about US data surveillance in Dublin summit

Jun 11th 2013, 3:22 PM 6,027 Views 14 Comments

The European Commission says it will ask the US for assurances about the legality of its data harvesting this week.

# data-collection - Friday 4 May, 2012

# Facebook

Facebook privacy concerns are on the rise, says consumer report

May 4th 2012, 4:48 PM 3,357 Views 14 Comments

Oversharing and excessive data collection are growing concerns of Facebook users, a US consumer reports has claimed.

# data-collection - Thursday 10 March, 2011

# Census2011

Date for the 2011 Census set - people urged to consider question of religion

Mar 10th 2011, 8:31 AM 2,060 Views 0 Comments

New questions will be included on this year’s form, and respondents have been urged to think very carefully about the issue of religion.

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Poll: How do you feel about gardaí using facial recognition technology to identify suspects?

GARDAÍ ARE SET to be granted new powers to use facial-recognition technology that could lead to the rapid identification of criminals.

The technology enables police forces to carry out automated searches of video footage for suspects in criminal investigations.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is expected to announce the move at the Garda Representative Association annual conference today.

The minister will say the introduction of facial-recognition technology will greatly assist murder, child exploitation and missing persons investigations.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) said it is “strongly opposed” to the technology being used by law enforcement, saying An Garda Síochána has a “poor record on data protection”.

“FRT [facial-recognition technology] and other biometric surveillance tools enable mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance

“They have the capacity to identify and track people everywhere they go, undermining the right to privacy and data protection, the right to free assembly and association, and the right to equality and non-discrimination,” the ICCL said.

So, today we’re asking: How do you feel about gardaí using facial recognition technology to identify suspects?

Poll Results:

I fully support it (4705)

I have some concerns, but am broadly in favour (2838)

I'm against it (2512)

I don't know/I've no opinion (246)

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