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Irish Law Update No. 2 16 January 2001
Welcome to the second mailing on the IrishLaw updates list.
Please forward to others who may be interested in receiving this mail.
Contents:
1. Data Protection Commissioner's new site
2. High Court orders Liam Lawlor TD to be jailed for contempt
3. Reminder - Three events in February / March on Electronic Commerce, Legal E-Business and Data Protection
4. Technical information about this list
1. Data Protection Commissioner's new site
The Data Protection Commissioner, Mr Joe Meade, has a new website at
The site includes the full text of annual reports for 1997, 1998 and 1999.
There is a 'case studies' section at http://www.dataprivacy.ie/5z.htm
including for example a case where a school was told not to publish personal data about pupils on its website.
The Commissioner has also warned websites to have clear privacy statements - see the Irish Times article at http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2000/1221/fin6.htm
The Irish Law site at http://www.irish-law.org now contains such a statement linked from the top of the main page.
2. High Court orders Liam Lawlor TD to be jailed for contempt
The High Court has ordered Liam Lawlor TD to be jailed for contempt of court due to his failure to comply with court orders requiring him to co-operate with the Flood Tribunal (http://www.flood-tribunal.ie).
This is the first time an Irish court has ordered that a public representative be jailed for any reason related to the various tribunals of inquiry which are ongoing at present. It is possible that Mr Lawlor will appeal yesterday's ruling to the Supreme Court.
Further details from media sites such as http://www.rte.ie/news/ or http://www.ireland.com
For example see http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2001/0116/fro1.htm
3. Reminder - Three events in February / March on Electronic Commerce, Legal E-Business and Data Protection
Tuesday 27 February 2001:Electronic Commerce Act 2000 and Legal E-Business in Ireland
Wednesday 28 February 2001: Data Protection - Ireland
Thursday 1 March 2001:Data Protection and Electronic Commerce - Workshop
These three events are being organised by IIR Conferences and
will take place in the Hilton Hotel, Dublin.
The IrishLaw site is the official website for the conferences and details of the events
are available at http://www.irish-law.org/events/
As an example, topics for the conference on 27 February include:
- The Electronic Commerce Act 2000
- The EU Electronic Commerce Directive
- Configuring an appropriate Contractual E-Commerce Model
- Encryption and Digital Signatures
- Certification Service Providers
- Regulation and Taxation of Electronic Commerce
- Information Security
- E-Business Liability
- Global E-Business
Speakers include:
- John Menton, Arthur Cox
- Niall Ó Donnchú, Department of Public Enterprise
- Lorraine Benson, Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
- Don McAleese, Matheson Ormsby and Prentice
- Jack Nagle, Baltimore Technologies
- John Hussey, National Accreditation Board
- Marie Mangan, Central Bank
- Una Tighe, B.L.
- Liam Kennedy, A.L. Goodbody
Cost: IR 875 pounds. Discounts available if booking other IIR
Conferences events in Dublin 28 Feb. / 1 March.
Also discounts for members of Law Society of Ireland, ICAI (legal) or IIA
Further Information on all three events:
Jo Greenwood, IIR Conferences, 6th Floor, 29 Bressenden Place, London SW1E5DR, UK.
Tel. +44-20- 7915 5180. Fax +44-20-7393 0313
E-mail jgreenwood@iirltd.co.uk mailto:jgreenwood@iirltd.co.uk
Please quote reference number X20694
Conference brochure and registration -http://www.iirconferences.com/dataprotectionireland/
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