Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner conducted audits on three agencies regarding their access to citizens’ phone and internet records, The Irish Times reports. The Revenue Commissioners, the Army, and An Garda Síochána all have the ability to access citizen data for law enforcement investigations, and must complete reports for the requests under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. The office of DPC Helen Dixon said it performed several audits during the first half of 2016, with each agency receiving pre-audit questionnaires requesting statistics on disclosure requests made between 2013 and 2015. “We have completed the audits in all cases,” the office said. “Several audit reports have been finalised and issued to the relevant organisations. We are in the process of completing the remaining audit reports.”
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