Safe Harbour Ruling Strengthens Europe’s Hand – An Interview with Simon McGarr [Audio]
Simon McGarr is our guest on today's podcast. He's the solicitor representing Digital Rights Ireland, who were granted amicus curiae status in the case regarding the EU-US 'Safe Harbour Agreement', which the EU Court of Justice ruled
Nobel-Winning Irish Scientist says It Was a Team Effort
Irish scientist William Campbell, a joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, says he is happy to accept the award on behalf of the research team which produced the drug. Dr. William Campbell (right) works
Safe Harbor Is Officially Dead
Data protection, privacy and retention have been hot topics for a long time, but the latest decision from the ECJ has effectively killed off "Safe Harbor" Here's the decision (apparently a "media version" pending the release
SpunOut.ie Privacy Workshop with Tommy Collison this Wednesday
SpunOut.ie, the youth information service, is holding a privacy workshop on this Wednesday January 7 at its headquarters in Temple Bar. The event will be led by privacy activist Tommy Collison, whom we interviewed in a podcast just before Christmas. Tommy's already
Taylor Swift Gives Gifts To Fans – Literally
Taylor Swift may have broken up with Spotify, but she definitely hasn't broken up with the internet. The star used social media to find out what some of her fans were into and then sent them
The Interview Is Now Available Online (If You’re in the US)
The Interview is now available to stream online, but only if you're based in the US. If you are in the US you can get full details of how to watch the movie here. At the
Irish Government Files Amicus Brief In Microsoft Data Case
Yesterday afternoon the Irish government filed an amicus brief in the Microsoft data case. We've mentioned this case previously, as it has very broad ramifications for cross-jurisdictional issues surrounding data privacy and sovereignty and much more.
