All about data access - Refusal to give spy data ‘breaches’ law

The refusal of State agencies to publish statistics on their use of controversial surveillance powers is “in breach” of the State’s transparency duties under the law, a leading legal expert says.

TJ McIntyre, law lecturer at UCD and chairman of Digital Rights Ireland, congratulated the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) for breaking ranks with State agencies and voluntarily publishing figures.