"The Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill is being framed as a replacement for the current legislation that governs digital communication interception. The Department of Justice, Home Affairs, and Migration said in an announcement this week the existing Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 "predates the telecoms revolution of the last 20 years." As well as updating laws passed more than two decades ago, the government was keen to emphasize that a key ambition for the bill is to empower law enforcement to intercept of all forms of communications."
"The Bill will bring communications from IoT devices, email services, and electronic messaging platforms into scope, "whether encrypted or not." In a similar way to how certain other governments want to compel encrypted messaging services to unscramble packets of interest, Ireland's announcement also failed to explain exactly how it plans to do this. However, it promised to implement a robust legal framework, alongside all necessary privacy and security safeguards, if these proposals do ultimately become law. It also vowed to establish structures to ensure "the maximum possible degree of technical cooperation between state agencies and communication service providers.""
The government plans the Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill to replace the 1993 Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages Act. The bill would expand lawful interception to include IoT devices, email services, and electronic messaging platforms, explicitly covering encrypted communications. The proposal promises a robust legal framework, privacy and security safeguards, and structures to maximize technical cooperation between state agencies and communication service providers. The government intends to follow the EU Commission's interception roadmap and emphasizes an urgent need to confront serious crime and security threats while including legal safeguards for the exercise of such powers.
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