Submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Health re Part 2 of the General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill
This submission was made today, slightly after the deadline of 3pm.
McGarr Solicitors representing Syrian refugees
McGarr Solicitors is acting for a number of Syrian refugees being held in Greece including Ensaf, 13, and her father Bashar.
Microsoft wins in US Warrant Case over data in Ireland
As readers with long memories may recall, McGarr Solicitors and White and Case of NY represented Digital Rights Ireland, joined by Liberty and the Open Rights Group in their amicus application to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Microsoft wins in US Warrant Case over data in Ireland Read More »
Application by EFF and DRI in DPC v Facebook and Schrems
On Friday 17th June 2016, McGarr Solicitors attended before Mr.
Application by EFF and DRI in DPC v Facebook and Schrems Read More »
Dept of Health and Data Protection Commissioner files on Individual Health Identifiers
Seeing as everyone is very busy with the election, I thought I’d give you something a bit different to read.
Dept of Health and Data Protection Commissioner files on Individual Health Identifiers Read More »
How does the FTC know what data is being transferred from the EU to the US?
On the 8th January last, a report caught my eye.
How does the FTC know what data is being transferred from the EU to the US? Read More »
The Privacy Shield: The deal on EU/US Safe Harbour data that wasn’t there
Yesterday the EU Commission and the US government announced that, having burst past the deadline of Sunday set by Europe’s Data Protection Authorities (collectively called the Art 29 Working Party because that’s how the EU is), they had secured an
The Privacy Shield: The deal on EU/US Safe Harbour data that wasn’t there Read More »
Safe Harbour: Irresistible force meets an immovable object
It’s an old Internet joke, but a good one.
Safe Harbour: Irresistible force meets an immovable object Read More »
Leviathan and greasy tills
Image Credit; tcd.ie In May 2011, Queen Elizabeth II, the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, was driven past our office.
Shut up!
The Broadcasting Act 2009 contains an impractical idea; that nothing that causes “offence” should be broadcast.
European Arrest Warrant Act 2003: Procedures and Problems. “A Serious Trivial Problem”
In the EU, “extradition” is by means of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).
European Arrest Warrant Act 2003: Procedures and Problems. “A Serious Trivial Problem” Read More »
Ideas and “aul pencils”
“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” So claimed Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Back to School
Donald Trump is living proof that the relevant issue in the US presidential election race is education.
Lawful War
France has done the world a favour by going to the United Nations Security Council on Friday the 20th November 2015.
Time to Remember
Jean Claude Juncker has cited previous refugee crises in proposing the settlement of Syrian and other refugees in the EU.
Why does my Conveyancing take so long?
The reply to the question is, to some degree found in a quip; how long is a piece of string?