4 Jul 2017, 14:16
The Joint Committee on Justice and Equality will continue pre-legislative scrutiny of the Data Protection Bill 2017 tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 when it meets with Simon McGarr, Solicitor, TJ McIntyre, Law Lecturer in UCD and Chair of Digital Rights Ireland, and Dr Geoffrey Shannon, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection.
The General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017 is designed to give effect to, and provide for derogations from, the General Data Protection Regulation. It also transposes the Law Enforcement Directive (2016/680) which concerns the processing of personal data for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences, and the free flow of such data.
The agenda for the meeting is:
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017 (resumed)
(i) Simon McGarr, Solicitor, and TJ McIntyre, Law Lecturer in UCD and Chair of Digital Rights Ireland
(ii) Dr Geoffrey Shannon, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection
This meeting will start in Committee Room 2 at 9am on Wednesday 5 July 2017.
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