Automated Phone Messages From Pro-Life Groups After Savita’s Death Came From the United States - AUDIO
The automated pro-life phone messages targeting Irish numbers, in the aftermath of Savita Halappanavar’s death in Galway in 2012, came from the United States.
Ireland’s Communications and data privacy regulators have said that Irish authorities can take no action against those who implemented these automated calls cannot be prosecuted as they are permitted under the United State’s law.
Ireland Data Protection Commissioner has told those Irish residents who complained about the pro-life phone messages that they have liaised “with the appropriate law enforcement authorities in Washington on this matter” and had “presented them with details of the campaign and the levels of complaints received”.