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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a company (details supplied) first indicated that it would be investing in the national broadband plan. [49716/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contractual responsibilities of a company (details supplied) in the context of the national broadband plan. [49717/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the due diligence undertaken of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49718/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with representatives of a company (details supplied); and if so, the context and the date of the meetings. [49719/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his attention was drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) was no longer a financial backer of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the contract for the national broadband plan requires a company (details supplied) to make further investments in a scenario in which the plan requires additional funding; if they are contained within the signed contract; if the details of the requirements will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) submitted a pre-qualification questionnaire; if so, the date on which it was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49723/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the results of a recent mapping consultation for the national broadband plan will be published. [49721/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Mr. Davis said "Hey Siri" for himself but did he say it for everybody else? I suppose that is another question. To break this down, both Apple and Google claim that they have removed all identifying data. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The issue here is that personal information is being obtained because the system cannot process the recording or differentiate. Mr. Davis said that when questioned about a football match, for example, Siri uses one's general location to provide suitable results, but if one asks for the nearest supermarket more specific data is used. What information does Siri pull in if it cannot process or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: If it accesses a location because it has interpreted the request differently from the actual request-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Obviously, there was third party processing of data and Mr. Davis said that Apple has now brought that in-house. What oversight was in place to ensure that data was protected? What oversight was there to ensure it was not further processed? Is the move to ensure it brought in-house admittance that there were issues with the external third party processing of data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Was Mr. Davis fully satisfied that the arrangements Apple had in place met GDPR standards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: That is okay. We are tight for time so I will move to Google. In the case of some Dutch recordings that had been made available through leaks, where did the recordings originate? Was it from within Google?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Mr. Malcolm said that personal information has been stripped from these files forever. It is the case that the audio itself may identify some individuals. For example, VRT, the Belgian national broadcaster, was able to provide some individuals with their own recordings based on this data. How does Mr. Malcolm ensure that information of that nature is removed before it is processed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: But individuals could be identified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Would that be of concern to Mr. Malcolm, that despite the protections that people's privacy was breached in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Would that have been a breach of the GDPR in Mr. Malcolm's view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Similarly to Apple, Google was using third parties to process this data. What oversight was in place to ensure that the data was protected? What oversight was there to ensure it was not further processed, because obviously with the example we have given, there are concerns among individuals that there is an infringement on their privacy, based on the GDPR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Last week we heard from the Data Protection Commission about ongoing investigations which include the witnesses' companies and breaches to the GDPR relating to digital assistants. Does Mr. Malcolm think Google will be found to have breached GDPR guidelines under the present use of data under digital assistants?