I am a web designer & developer based in Galway, Ireland. Information on my work is available from my company site: Ambient Age Web Design.
I am also completing a PhD in Information Systems. My research is on the Adoption of IT Standards for technologies to support Ambient Intelligence.
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Ok, so there are lots of links in this post, because of how active this topic is at the moment. To get a good view of what’s been happening, I think all are well worth a read.
Over the last few weeks there have been moves by IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association) to have [...]
The Irish Times front page today carries a story on moves for Garda access to data: “Garda powers of request for internet data to be widened“, by Karlin Lillington.
This is despite reports from an EU Barometer Survey that the majority of Irish people are concerned about the privacy of their personal data:
Over two thirds (67pc) [...]
This doesn’t fill you with confidence when looking at data retention & privacy issues:
In recent weeks, Labour TD, Ruairi Quinn, revealed that over 100 laptops and desktop computers in Irish government departments have been lost or stolen during the past five years.
The full article is available at Silicon Republic: Laptop theft spate worse than being [...]
In keeping with the Council of Europe’s Data Protection Day it seems like a good time to mention the pending introduction of the next part of Data Retention laws in Ireland.
Over the past number of years the topic of data retention has received relatively little attention in the mainstream Irish Media. With some exceptions, [...]
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