Do not post images or video alleging offenses against people or vehicles who can be identified. Data protection everyone is entitled to their good name. Report the matter at a Garda station. Make a statement this will allow prosecution to proceed. All must share the road safely. — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) January 27, 2019

Please remove as you are identifying a particular vehicle. — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) January 27, 2019

Yesterday.

On Twitter.

Requests were made by gardaí, via their Twitter account, for the videos above to be removed from Twitter.

The videos contain footage taken by cyclists.

The requests prompted some on Twitter to ask the gardai what law was being broken by the posters…

Hi!

Can you say what is the article of the GDPR, or section of the Data Protection Act which would say uploading this video would constitute a Data Breach? — Simon McGarr (@Tupp_Ed) January 27, 2019

Anyone?

Gardaí fears over dangerous driving videos ‘have no basis’ (Catherine Sanz, The Times Ireland edition)