Ironically, though the Taoiseach makes a point of saying that the voices of the victims will be kept for future generations to be heard from, the Commission now says it has destroyed the recordings of witnesses, without making a straight transcript. https://twitter.com/camanpour/status/1352711922345508864

A witness has contacted me and gave me permission to post her description of what happened when she asked for a copy of her own testimony from the Commission on the day she turned up to give it.
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It’s a very clear account, strongly worded.

This account contrasts strongly with that on Page 11 of the section of the final Commission on Mother & Baby Homes report detailing the work of the Commission’s Confidential Committee.

To be clear- this witness had a right to a copy of her own data such as the audio of her testimony, and if she did not consent to its destruction she has a right to ask what the legal basis for that destruction of personal data was.

Destruction is a processing of personal data.

I’ll do a Gist on this later tonight. I want to sit with it for a bit, and have a think.

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This letter from the Minister for Children to @ThomasPringleTD stresses that what records are left intact by the time they reach the government depends on how the Commission interprets the GDPR. https://twitter.com/thomaspringletd/status/1352605446511714306

That Gist is going to be sometime tomorrow. I'm trying to find the way in to this that isn't just a long recitation of facts and quotes from the report and from witnesses.