Results 1-19 of 19 for data protection speaker:Barry Ward

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Barry Ward: ...turn off the camera. It also must set out all the reasons that go with that because there cannot be a situation where a garda is selectively recording. In welcoming this legislation, I said that it protects gardaí from false accusations and the suggestion that something was or was not said.Equally important is that it also protects citizens from overzealous gardaí. An Garda...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Barry Ward: ...has been asking. To my mind, however, this is an absolutely reasonable step. Arming members of the Garda with an additional tool, that is, the body camera, provides for a number of things. It protects gardaí first of all. It protects them from assaults. One would have to think or hope that somebody would be less likely to assault a garda in the course of his or her duties if...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (7 Mar 2023)

Barry Ward: ...adult are lawfully travelling with him or her, are his or her children or whatever the case may be. This is about flexibility. The issues raised about this issue previously concerned the general data protection regulation, GDPR, which does not really apply because passports contain sensitive personal data in any event. I am asking not for a mandatory provision in a passport but rather...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: ...that is put in place to prevent the mass surveillance of citizenry. I do not hold with that at all. As I said during our Second Stage debate, this country has a very reasonable approach to data protection albeit it one that comes from Europe but we have taken it on board and I think that we behave very well with it. The notion that we would now turnaround and remove the word...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Barry Ward: ...Oireachtas. We all agree that this is undesirable in the circumstances but I acknowledge where this is coming from. I also believe the explanation given by the Department of Justice in the committee around the reasons why earlier action was not taken on data protection rules. We were waiting for the law in this area to crystallise so that we were not passing multiple items of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Barry Ward: ...is that of a criminal defence barrister. It would make my job a great deal easier if the measures in this proposed Bill went much further, or were eliminated entirely, so there was none of the data retention the State is asking for. Having said that, I have a different role when I sit in this chair. As was referred to earlier, we have to look at the protection of the security of the...

Seanad: Automated Data Exchange for Police Co-operation: Motion (26 Apr 2022)

Barry Ward: ...forces and agencies on an international basis. The points the Minister made about the danger of a country such as Ireland stepping out of these agreements are very well received. I will talk about the protections in a moment. Although we sometimes fear exposing ourselves to that level of international co-operation and connectivity, it carries, almost uniquely, benefits for a country such...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Barry Ward: .... The key words I apply to this legislation is "appropriate" and "proportionate". It is appropriate and proportionate to what is involved to have a key opportunity for local authorities to get involved in a crime-solving measure that we know can work. The GDPR protects all our data. It is an important piece of European and Irish national legislation that is there to protect people's...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motion (20 Oct 2021)

Barry Ward: ...about the proposal. Very often, these motions are debated in a vacuum in some respects because there is no interaction, but somebody did contact me. One of the concerns the person had was on the protection of their information. I will say what I said to the individual concerned. It is important to note that all the protections we expect in connection with this kind of activity remain....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Barry Ward: My initial questions are for the Department and relate to the heads of the Bill. Heads 5 and 6 provide for the basis on which the recording of data or the wearing of the camera can take place. While I generally welcome this and believe it is a great idea that makes perfect sense, I acknowledge the potential problems and pitfalls that have been raised by others. The heads of Bill as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Barry Ward: The Data Protection Commission and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties have both raised the issue today of the collection of data in certain contexts, like profiling data, for example. I ask the Department to confirm that information gathered by body cameras will not be used for that purpose and that it is intended to prohibit that through the protocols.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Barry Ward: There was a discussion during the contributions from the Data Protection Commission and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties that the Bill does not really address the gathering of special data in the context of body cameras that might profile people in a particular way. I ask the Department to confirm that this will not be allowed, either under the Bill as finally drafted or under any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Barry Ward: Do representatives from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties or the Data Protection Commission have a view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Barry Ward: I want to primarily focus on CCTV and its community aspects. I welcome these provisions. It is a good idea to put this into the realm of the State. That protects everybody involved. Community organisations in my area have a great fear of transgressing the protocols, in particular GDPR, and other data protection laws. It is something they worry about. However, while CCTV has a role to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Barry Ward: My question is primarily for the commissioner. I welcome the commissioner and acknowledge she has a very difficult position. I notice in the Data Protection Commission's annual report 2020 is referred to as being a platform or a stage for moving forward. I also acknowledge what the commissioner said today and I welcome that she said data protection is not an absolute right. Very often it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Barry Ward: ...to be made from that, including, for example, voter intent or predictive scores about how people might vote? Is there is a legitimacy to that and, if so, is there an obligation on the data controller to inform those persons on that register? What remedies are available to them in the event there may be a shortcoming in respect of data protection obligations?

Seanad: EU Regulations (Europol): Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Barry Ward: ...at the matter, and in the context of what the previous Senator said, I was considering the downsides and reasons we should be opposed to the regulation. The concerns that come to mind are things such as data protection, abuse of data by agencies within the EU, including Europol, and perhaps the loss or ceding of powers from An Garda Síochána to a Union-wide police force. The...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Barry Ward: ...: “Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2010 2. The Act of 2010 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 2: “Interpretation 2.(1) In this Act— ‘Data Protection Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to...