Publications

Research Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

• “Facebook after death: an evolving policy in a social network”, International Journal of Law and Information Technology (2014)advance access.
• “Private But Eventually Public: Why Copyright in Unpublished Works Matters in the Digital Age”, (2013) 10:1 SCRIPTed 39.
• “Online behavioural advertising: are Irish privacy laws in need of ‘re-Phorm’?”, (2011) 16 Communications Law 60.

Other Journals

• “Memoria in aeterna: who owns your digital legacy”, (2013) January/February Law Society Gazette 22.

Conference Papers

• “Data protection and the Deceased in the European Union”, Computers Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP), (Brussels, January 2014).
• “Intrusion into Private Grief: Regulating the reporting and presentation of deceased persons in modern media”, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference (Edinburgh, September 2013).
• “Dealing with Digital Remains: Is Recognising Digital Assets as Probate Property the Solution?”, Centre of Death and Society (CDAS) Annual Conference 2013, (Bath, June 2013).
• “Dealing with Digital Remains: Is Recognising Digital Assets as Probate Property the Solution?”, BILETA 2013, (Liverpool, April 2013).
• “Privacy After Death”, NUI Galway Privacy Symposium, (Galway, March 2013).
• “Second guessing the intentions of the deceased under the quasi-succession right to information”, #FOI15: the right to know, (Limerick, February 2013).
• “The Law of Digital Remains”, Death Online Research Network, (Copenhagen, January 2013).
• “Private but Eventually Public: Why Copyright in Unpublished Works Matters in the Digital Age”, Amsterdam Privacy Conference(Amsterdam, October 2012).
• “Auto-Icon in the 21st Century: What lessons for the regulation of the Digital Remains of the dead?”, GiKII VII, (UEA, London, September 2012).
• “The Deceased as Data Subjects: Analysis of the Scope and Application of EU Data Protection Law”, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference (Bristol, September 2012).

IRIS Contributions

• “Recent Broadcasting Complaints Decisions”, IRIS 2014-2:1/23.
• “Further Copyright Blocking Injunctions Granted”, IRIS 2014-2:1/24.
• “Commercial Digital Terrestrial Television Licensing Process will not be Reopened”, IRIS 2014-2:1/25.
• “Pirate Bay Blocked and Three-Strikes Protocol Continues”, IRIS 2013-10:1/29.
• “Recent Broadcasting Complaints Decisions”, IRIS 2013-10:1/30.
• “New Broadcasting Guidelines on Referenda Coverage”, IRIS 2013-8:1/27.
• “Review of Funding for Public Service Broadcasting Published”, IRIS 2013-8:1/26.
• “Revision of General and Children’s Commercial Communications Codes”, IRIS 2013-7:1/17.
• “Broadcasting Authority Launches Community Broadcasting Support Scheme”, IRIS 2013-6:1/25.
• “Household-Based Public Broadcasting Charge Moves a Step Closer”, IRIS 2013-4:1/19.
• “Presenter’s Comments Breached Broadcasting Act”, IRIS 2013-4:1/18.
• “Renewed Efforts to Block File-Sharing Websites”, IRIS 2013-3:1/19.
• “Digital Switchover of Terrestrial Television Complete”, IRIS 2013-1:1/27.
• “Revision of General and Children’s Commercial Communications Codes”, IRIS 2013-1:1/26.
• “Psychic Readings Live in Repeated Breaches of Broadcasting Code”, IRIS 2013-1:1/25.
• “Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on Three-Strikes Copyright Protocol”, IRIS 2012-8:1/29.
• “Revised Television Access Rules Launched”, IRIS 2012-7:1/28.
• “Public Service Broadcaster Sanctioned”, IRIS 2012-7:1/27.
• “Broadcast of Unverified “Tweet” Unfair to Presidential Candidate”, IRIS 2012-5:1/27.
• “Approval of Funding Scheme for Broadcast Archiving”, IRIS 2012-4:1/29.
• “Copyright Review Committee Publishes Consultation Paper”, IRIS 2012-4:1/30.
• “Copyright Injunctions Law Introduced”, IRIS 2012-4:1/31.
• “Updated Broadcasting Code on Referenda and Election Coverage”, IRIS 2011-9:1/24.
• “Right of Reply Scheme Introduced”, IRIS 2011-7:1/28.
• “Details of Copyright Review Announced”, IRIS 2011-7:1/27.
• “No Change in Designated Free-to-Air Sporting Events”, IRIS 2011-7:1/26.
• “New Broadcasting Code on Election Coverage”, IRIS 2011-5:1/26.
• “No Basis for Three Strike Copyright Rule”, IRIS 2011-1:1/38.

Other Articles, Contributions and Presentations

• “Digital Remains: Your Social Media Legacy and the Law”, Oxford Law Society – Verdict, Hilary 2014.
• “Dealing with the Digital Remains of the Dead”, Death with Dignity National Centre Blog, 9 January 2014.
• “Dealing with Digital Death”, Oxford University Press Blog, 14 October 2013.
• “Change law to allow online life after death”, Sunday Times (Irish edition), 28 April 2013.
• “Social Media After Death”, John Murray Show RTÉ Radio One, 15 March 2013.
• “Innovation and Technology: Reconciling the Rights of Individuals with the Needs of Society”, Presentation to Law Reform Commission, Public Consultation on the Fourth Programme of Law Reform, NUI Galway, 27 February 2013.
• “Medical records model needs treatment”, Irish Times, 21 January 2013.

Media Reports

• Holden, John, “Digital Remains”, Cois Coiribe, Autumn 2013.
• MacCormaic, Ruadhán, “Passing on the keys to your personal digital legacy can be problematic”, Irish Times, 22 April 2013.
• Fallon, John, “Facebook to connect beyond the grave”, Irish Examiner, 11 March 2013.
• Fallon, John, “Social media photos and data may have to be included in wills”, Irish Times, 11 March 2013.
• Fallon, John, “Facebook accounts ‘will be left in wills’”, Irish Independent, 11 March 2013.
• Essers, Loek, “Online life after death faces legal uncertainty”, CIO and Computerworld, 8 October 2012.