Cianan Brennan: Political database slippery slope could spell trouble for all parties

Sinn Féin has shut down their site linked to a secret voter database, over which the Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has sent the party a series of questions. File Photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Data protection and GDPR arrived in the mainstream last week in Ireland, roughly three years later than they should have.

The story which brought about the headlines wasn’t to do with Facebook or Google or Apple, but rather was utterly political in tone.