Sinn Féin should decommission its database – Cummins
23rd April 2021 - Senator John Cummins
Sinn Féin should decommission its database to reassure Irish voters it takes their data privacy rights seriously, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
Senator John Cummins was speaking in the Seanad today (Friday) after the Sinn Féin party leader, Mary Lou McDonald confirmed her party had recently committed two data breaches.
Senator Cummins said: “The breaches of Data Protection laws which were reported in the media and confirmed by the Sinn Féin party leader yesterday are extremely alarming and they raise fundamental questions about how secure the democratic system in this country is from outside interference. Some might dismiss this because they want the story to disappear but in the context of the Electoral Reform Bill, it’s critical that we examine these questions and put safeguards in place.
Ireland has âanalogue laws in a world of digital gamblingâ Minister of State for Justice James Browne said as he acknowledged the decades of delay in implementing comprehensive controls on gambling.
Mr Browne pledged that a gambling regulator would be in place by the end of the year in advance of the completion of comprehensive legislation to control the âwild westâ that exists with gambling in Ireland.
The Minister was speaking during a Seanad debate on Friday on the future of gambling control, as ever-increasing rates of addiction were highlighted and concerns raised about the levels of gambling advertising on TV with no watershed hour for such adverts.
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