Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Data Protection Package: Discussion with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

10:05 am

Photo of Marcella Corcoran KennedyMarcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the need to give people a certain amount of freedom, but I am trying to get my head around the challenge to protect people's data while protecting others from them. As far as I am aware, one can establish anonymous profiles on social media networks. Is it right that this should be the case? I can see the reason for it in some jurisdictions, but in others I can see it being abused in ways we would not have foreseen. Facebook, Twitter and other sites have benefits, but there is another element which is very negative, distressing and disturbing. Has the commission explored this? Will it be affected by what is being done?

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