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Over the weekend, the Data Protection Commissioner announced that they were considering asking mobile phone companies to suspend the ability of mobile phone subscribers to access their voicemail remotely by dialling in to it from other phones. [clarification: the DPC has issued a clarification to this which we have detailed in this subsequent post] This ...

So, this day next week (26th May) will see the introduction into Irish Law of Directive 2009/136/EC. It’s a tweak to the existing electronic privacy regulations. The ones that relate to spamming by fax, email and SMS and carry penalties of up to €5000 per breach. [update: Well the deadline came and went without the ...