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Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 3:In page 7, line 23, to delete "postcode contractor" and substitute "Data Protection Commissioner".Essentially, a unique large-scale dataset is being introduced on a national level. To reiterate but not labour the points I made, the company involved has the first or primary role in regard to data protection and the Data Protection Commissioner has a secondary role. I...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Alex White: I agree with Deputy Moynihan that we must exercise considerable care with regard to the data protection implications of any legislation such as this. I do so, and have done so, and I regard it as being of considerable importance. Section 66C(2) of the Bill clarifies that section 6A of the Data Protection Act 1988, which relates to the processing of personal data which is likely to cause...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Alex White: ...in the case of a postcode-related complaint. The complaints procedure is set out in the postcodes contractor's code of practice. The postcode contractor has consulted with the office of the Data Protection Commissioner in the drafting of the code of practice, and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has made a number of observations and recommendations which the postcode...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Almost every Deputy who spoke on Second Stage of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011, as I remember it, was very concerned about data protection and how it would be enshrined in the Act. This Bill is the first major change in postal addresses in this State. There is genuine concern that we have to bring in a Bill to amend the Communications Regulation (Postal...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Alex White: ...very difficult to devise any complaints system that is not based on an individual pointing to a particular breach that has occurred and bringing that matter forward. That is the basis on which the Data Protection Acts were enacted. I do not want to offend, but if anyone can think of a better way for the Data Protection Acts to function other than by way of complaints, I would certainly...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I do not propose to rehash all the arguments, other than to say that this is about more than a matter of delegating responsibility for data protection from the Data Protection Commissioner, a trusted office and a trusted brand, to a postcode contractor, a private entity. That is not delegation but abdication of responsibility for a solemn State duty. It is setting a very dangerous precedent...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...as it groups information in a way that makes it a commodity, which I would not describe as a belt-and-braces approach. On the issue of how an individual can practically ensure that he or she is protected and his or her information is not misused, it will be difficult for an individual to prove that damage has been done. The primary function with regard to data protection is with the...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...convince us that we need something more complex that will continue to give money to the company. I believe it is wrong. Deputy Catherine Murphy and I have tabled more or less the same amendments on the data protection aspects of this legislation . It is establishing a very dangerous precedent. That the normal data protection legislation does not cover this and we have to incorporate...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...with in the basic initial legislation that set up the postcodes. I suggest that the mindset associated with the way that legislation was designed made this information a commodity. I do not think data protection and privacy were at the core of what was being talked about. The subsequent review conducted by Gemserv - the privacy audit - showed that there were concerns about privacy. A...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...the mindset that was in place when the system was designed. The design is about remedying something that was not adequately thought out in the first instance. That tells us that citizens and data protection were not front and centre in this process, yet that is where we should have started from. I do not believe there is adequate protection. There is a two-pronged approach, and every...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...not just be the four of us. The same risks are inherent and the same precedent has been established with this legislation as if we were talking about the PPS number. There is the same risk that data will be resold and that information will be resold once it is linked to people and an address. The very fact that we need this legislation to protect against what might happen is an...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Alex White: ...has a statutory basis and the State is ultimately responsible for ensuring it is carried out correctly. One of the things the State is certainly responsible for is to ensure there are adequate protections in regard to data. As to the value to the State, as I mentioned earlier, once sales reach a certain level, there is to be a gainshare mechanism in terms of the value to the State....