Seanad debates

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

However, it is the person going to the polling booth who decides which is the junk and which is not.

I want to return to a point that I may not have made clear, and to go back to Cambridge Analytica, rather than Cambridge Road. There is absolutely no reason for anybody to fear that Ireland, our jurisdiction, will become a hub for the carrying out of any electoral activities in respect of elections not taking place within this jurisdiction or beyond. That is clear in my amendment to section 43. That is also important in the context of the current debate on the harvesting or alleged misuse of data as processed.

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