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The following may be of use Carer's Allowance http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/carers/carers_allowance/?searchterm=Carers%20allowance Payments to carers...

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Hi Folks I am in the process of setting up a non-profit organisation that will be a company limited by gaurantee. In order to do so I need a minimum of seven members. Can anyone please advise on what the roles of these members will be? What their obligations are? What exposure they will...

Most likely a scam See [broken link removed] Seems the best approach at this stage is to speak to your solicitor to see what the most appropriate way to deal with the issue. C

Email is not secure. Sending any details via email is similar to putting them on a postcard and sending it in the post. Anyone who accesses the email/postcard can read your details. C

Under the DPA you are entitled to view and correct personal information held on you by a company. This also applies to employees having the right to look at for example their HR records. Internet usage logs could contain personal identifiable information (e.g. your user id) so you would have...

The following has blog post [broken link removed] has some video tutorials and other guides on how to secure your wireless router. C

The Dataprotection Commissioner has some excellent resources and information relating to this, [broken link removed] C

RD I currently use the H365 free blog hosting and find it quite good. I have yet to maximize my blogging opportunity and use it to help my business web site. The only caveat with the free blog hosting is that you are tied into only certain templates and configurations so it is not...

Re: Tracking employees whereabouts. Robd All I am trying to point out is that monitoring of staff whereabouts and not that of the device, which is what the original poster asked "My boss hinted that he can track my whereabouts using this.", needs to be implemented by the employer in a manner...

Re: Tracking employees whereabouts. Dodo I am afraid I don't agree with the above. Yes the company has a right to protect its property and its business but NOT at the expense of the rights of the employees. Companies wishing to introduce monitoring of employees need to do so in...

Re: Tracking employees whereabouts. Hi Dodo If the OP has not agreed to this and the employer puts a monitoring system in place then, in my opinion and note I am not a solicitor, this is an intrusion on his basic and legal human right to privacy. These rights are important and it does...

Re: Tracking employees whereabouts. Lanigano Monitoring your location without your explicit permission would be an intrusion on your privacy and would come under the Data Protection Act. It is also a breach of Human Rights, as recognised in the European Convention on Human Rights and the...

KalEl can you please point out why the information I gave is "not true". I gave references from both the Data Protection Commissioner and Enterprise IReland which seems to contradict your statement. In order to block access to a site you need to monitor access to that site in order to...

hrjdee I appreciate that you are not actually looking to monitor their activity per se, but by blocking the sites you are in effect monitoring their activity. For example if you were not monitoring their activity then how do you know what sites to block? The whole area of...

Hi Hjrdee You need to be careful how you approach this. Under the EU and Irish legislation people need to be made aware that the company is monitoring their personal activity using email and the Internet. The first step you need to consider is developing and getting everyone in the company...

Check the following links How to secure your wireless network [broken link removed] C

Bluespud Try the following; The Internet Advisory Board ([broken link removed]) have published a booklet for parents to help them appreciate Internet safety called “Get with IT” ([broken link removed]. It is quite good and includes a useful list of resources at the end. There is also...

Top 10 people responsible for Spamming is available at Spamhaus see http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/spammers.lasso C

Checkout the Irish Govenment's MakeITSecure website for details on Phishing at [broken link removed] and the Garda website for advise on online security at . Finally you can also look at www.globalsecurityweek.com which ran a comprehensive awareness campaign last year on this topic. C