Other Documents

European report on 'Biometrics at Frontiers' released 12/05/2005
A report drafted for the European Parliament by the European Commission's Joint Research Center to look at the 'impact' upon society of the use of biometrics at borders.

UK 2004 Big Brother Awards Judges Panel 28/07/2004

US-VISIT Privacy Documents 24/07/2004
For the purpose of general education we have archived the US Government documents on the privacy implications of US-VISIT.

Canadian Surveillance and Wiretap reports 29/07/2002
PI has archived some of the significant reports on surveillance and wiretapping in Canada.

Australia Interception Reports 28/07/2002
We have archived Reports from the Australian Government on the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979.

Reckless ID card plan will destroy nation's freedom (external) 29/09/2001
In an article in the Daily Telegraph, PI Director Simon Davies writes that "the Government has embarked on its most reckless policy to date in pursuing the idea of national identity cards. The initiative will fundamentally change the nature of government and the character of the nation."

Australian Parliamentary Committee Report on Law Enforcement Implications of New Technology (PDF) 28/08/2001
The Committee report considers the increasing amount of evidence that emerging technology, most particularly in the communications and information fields, as playing an ever more pervasive role in both criminal behaviour and law enforcement activity. We have archived their final report.

Irish Data Protection Commissioner Annual Reports 05/08/2001

Irish Data Protection Commissioner Annual Report for 2000 (.PDF) 05/08/2000
Commissioner releases annual report.

EPIC Cryptography and Liberty 2000 Survey 05/08/2000

EPIC Cryptography and Liberty 1999 Survey 01/05/1999
A survey of the encryption policies in over 100 countries around the world finds that there is little support for restrictions on use of encryption.

Irish Consultation Paper on Transposition of EU Data Protection Law (.PDF) 05/12/1997
Ireland considers the transposition of the 1995 EU Directive into national law.