Interception communications and covert electronic surveillance legislation?

drunkmonkey

Minister Fitzgerald is to propose an update to the legislation for the lawful interception of communications and for covert electronic surveillance.

What powers are required by the Gardaí they don't have now?

TopTec

And the ones they have now are?.....

TT

griffdaddy

Encrypt your communication. Problem solved.

drunkmonkey

TopTec wrote: »

And the ones they have now are?.....

TT

That's what I'm wondering, what rights have the Gardaí now and what rights have citizens now.
I assume there going to expect us to give up some.

Shep_Dog

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's what I'm wondering, what rights have the Gardaí now and what rights have citizens now.
I assume there going to expect us to give up some.

The Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 gives them extensive rights to intercept communications and the Data Retention Act gives them access to information about your past activities gathered and held on their behalf by phone companies and Internet service providers. This would include your movements, who you called or mailed and what websites you visited.

As for rights, you have no right to know if they have accessed your data.

The Data Protection Act is being challenged as the ECJ has ruled that similar laws elsewhere lack proportionality and breach EU rights

It's possible that the governement will use the gang crisis to justify the continued retention of all citiizens phone and ISP metadata.

endacl

Shep_Dog wrote: »

It's possible that the governement will use the gang crisis to justify the continued retention of all citiizens phone and ISP metadata.

Just wrap your phone in tinfoil. Be grand.