A spokesperson has said that 3% of all the CCTV cameras will have the features installed and that how, or whether, they will be used has not been decided.

The Department of Social Protection could be in breach of European law for retaining the historical data of 3.2m holders of the public service card (PSC) in an attempt to stop future welfare fraud.

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised one of the country’s most senior civil servants for making “zero effort to answer the questions” posed by the committee regarding the Public Services Card.

The complainant, Martin McMahon, from Dublin, noted when travelling with his own travel pass that his rights were being breached under the General Data Protection Regulation as his movements were being ‘recorded’

The Public Services Card (PSC) will be the only way by which parents can access the new National Childcare Scheme when it goes live in October, despite a ruling from the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) that the card is unlawful when applied to State services other than welfare.

Confusion remains as to which of the Departments of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, and Public Expenditure and Reform, or both, has primary responsibility for the Public Service Identity (PSI) database.

Social media giant Facebook has launched a new online tool in Ireland to allow people to see what data has been collected on them via their accounts, including when navigating the internet outside Facebook.

A number of the bodies involved in the Public Services Card expansion have said they will be talking to the Department of Social Protection on how best to approach the Data Protection Commissioner's recent adverse ruling in relation to the card.

The broadcasting watchdog’s appeal for special powers to regulate online content and social media has come under fire, with one critic claiming the authority lacks the “right institutional instincts and experience” for the task.

The head of a major data compliance company has said that the Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI) is not the appropriate body to regulate the internet and social media.

Around 3m people who have been issued Personal Services Cards (PSC) could be entitled to claim compensation from the State, a legal expert has claimed.

A leading data protection expert has questioned the legal basis for the public services card, arguing no piece of legislation specifically mandates its introduction or use.

The Department of Education has yet to tell primary school of its U-turn on linking school funding to compliance with a pupil database, according to a solicitor who is to bring a complaint to the European Commission over the initiative.

A landmark European privacy ruling will have significant repercussions for Facebook, the EU, and the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, a digital rights group has claimed.

The Department of Education did not have the authority to collect much of the information gathered for a database of primary pupils, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon’s office has found.

Parents have been told they will be unable to withhold their children’s PPS numbers from a controversial new Department of Education database as the information will be found from the Department of Social Protection instead.

Concern is being expressed about a new Primary Online Database being established by the Department of Education.

People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a vanity search online.

Given the chance to highlight victims’ stories, the McAleese committee sided with powerful institutions once more, writes Simon McGarr

An insolvent cosmetic surgery company being sued by 158 women over faulty breast implants looks set to be wound up by the High Court.

If you don’t back up your digital pictures, there’s a good chance you’ll lose them to a malfunction or hackers. Unfortunately, using sites such as Facebook and Instagram may give rise to privacy issues. So what are the best options, asks John Hearne

A campaigning lawyer has described part of the report into the Magdalene Laundries as a hotchpotch of guesses and omissions presented as scholarly work.

We share so much information online, but what happens to it all when someone dies? Enter the social media will, writes John Hearne

Innovation minister Seán Sherlock has denied he threatened to pull out of an open forum on copyright legislation unless a prominent internet lawyer was removed from the panel.

A protest take places in Dublin city centre later against Government plans to bring in a statutory instrument amending copyright legislation to crack down on internet piracy.

Campaigners are urging the public to contact their local TDs to stop a new internet law from coming into force.

New internet piracy laws being formulated by the Government will harm the country’s thriving digital industry, an expert has claimed.