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Biometric data collected from 70 per cent of the Irish population over the past 15 years should be deleted immediately, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. The NGO has criticised the decision in the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) inquiry into the Department of Social Protectio

Judges could soon give sentence discounts on the basis that Ireland's prisons are overcrowded, a leading expert in criminal law has suggested. Professor Tom O'Malley SC will speak about the prison overcrowding crisis next week at an event jointly hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said it is "deeply concerned" at government plans to establish a permanent non-jury court. Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan has confirmed that the government has accepted the recommendations of the majority report published by an independent review gr

The High Court has paved the way for a class action lawsuit to be brought against Microsoft over advertising technology alleged to breach users' privacy rights. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday applied to the court for what it said would be Ireland's first-ever class action law

Microsoft is facing what has been described as Ireland's first class action lawsuit after the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today launched proceedings in the High Court in Dublin. The legal action, brought under the new EU Collective Redress Directive, alleges that the "real-time bidding"

A consent system relied upon by tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and X to serve targeted online advertising has been ruled to be incompatible with the GDPR. Belgium's Court of Appeal yesterday ruled on an appeal brought by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe against an ear

Plans to give gardaí new powers to order protesters to remove face coverings risk creating a "chilling effect" on freedom of expression, campaigners have warned. Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday said new powers are necessary as "some protesters are covering their faces in an obvious

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has appointed former Green Party TD and junior minister Joe O’Brien as its new executive director. Mr O'Brien brings a wealth of political and community sector experience to the role, including over 20 years working in policy, advocacy, frontli

Ireland's new national strategy against disinformation fails to include any concrete action to tackle "dangerous" social media algorithms, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has warned. The government last week published its national counter disinformation strategy, drawn up by a working g

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has accused Meta of "silencing" a former director who was ordered this week to refrain from promoting her new book. Careless People, published this week, provides an account from Sarah Wynn-Williams of her time as Meta's director of global public policy f

Temperament, patience and listening skills should be among factors taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a lawyer as a judge, a new report has recommended. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday published the new report on judicial selection procedures in Ireland, based o

The US government has taken action against an advertising data broker accused by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties of undermining privacy rights. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to ban Mobilewalla from selling sensitive location data, including data that reveals the identity o

Helen McEntee has yet to make good on a promise to respond to a petition calling for a public inquiry into the case of the 'Sallins Men', who were wrongly accused in connection with the Sallins train robbery in the 1970s. It has been 14 months since the Department of Justice received the petition, w

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for the abolition of the Special Criminal Court in its manifesto for the general election. The document sets out 37 measures, including nine "high-priority asks", to protect civil liberties and human rights in Ireland.

A mural commissioned by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) warns that Garda use of facial recognition technology could lead to innocent people being misidentified as criminal suspects, with women and people of colour at increased risk.