"The important thing is that behind every disclosure of data is a human story, victims are front and centre."

Maureen King, our Founder and CEO, recently took part in an interview with the Business Post, a leading newspaper publication in Ireland, to discuss her career, iTrust 6A™ and what's next for our organisation.

A key aspect of her career and work with iTrust 6A™ has been finding a balance between privacy rights and the rights of victims of serious crimes when determining whether to disclose data to law enforcement. She emphasizes that maintaining this balance is becoming increasingly important, particularly as technology companies face a rising number of legal requests for data disclosure.

"There's always going to be that friction" she notes, reflecting on the words of Mr Justice Peter Charleton in his 2020 dissenting judgment in the "Graham Dwyer" case which referred directly to victims and their families. Dwyer had challenged the legality of the law around data retention and disclosure.

For King, Charleton's dissenting judgment was "the first time that victims became a real central point of the argument".

"The important thing for me is that behind every disclosure of data is a human story... that victims are front and centre.” 

Read the full Business Post article here.