Do we need to cover our tracks if the Law Changes?

[Waterfordstud]

This recent tread on covering our tracks interests me


What if the government brings in a new Law making all the things we do with escorts illegal in three years time?

What if they get a search warrant of out of the back end of the website?

Just wondering what information shows up on the website about us and does it give a unique reference code for each computer or is it just an IP address that they might have on us to haul before some tribunal or a Spanish Inquisition

I can live with an IP address as it usually work and lots of people in my organisation

However if they can drill down into my computer and they found me!!!

Maybe I'm worrying Or thinking unnecessarily

[QuietFella]

What if the government brings in a new Law making all the things we do with escorts illegal in three years time?

You can't be done retroactively over here, so anything legal now can't be used then:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law#Ireland

I'd be more worried about your boss looking over your shoulder, tbh. :-)

[Davidontour]

Several issues here and these are purely my own thoughts.

Firstly, assuming criminalisation comes in, the crime will be paying for sex. It can't be enforced retrospectively. It will up to the individual whether they wish to continue purchasing sexual services, but who you have visited and which currently legal sites you have accessed will be irrelevant.

There has been talk of making the accessing of sites such as EI an offence equivalent to viewing child pornography. If that is brought in, I for one will be emigrating as living in a lunatic asylum is not something I find acceptable. Assuming otherwise, accessing the site will not be a criminal offence any more than accessing Swedish escort sites is currently.

Any apprehension for a criminal offence will occur during or after the act of visiting a sex worker.

In Sweden, over 1000 sex workers still make a living in a population not much larger than Ireland. No-one, as far as I'm aware, has been jailed for buying sex in the 15 years since the law was brought in. Plenty of fines though.

The powers that be can access absolutely anything if they want to and being paranoid about IP addresses won't make any difference.

[Petros]

I suppose it will all depend on how the law is written and how if it does come in how it is enforced!

[samlad]

Would you still leave reviews if the law come into force?

[Petros]

Would you still leave reviews if the law come into force?

Good question! Never mind a txt on a phone, a review could possibly hang you depending on the wording of the legislation!

[69patrick69]

Would you still leave reviews if the law come into force?

No, why would you incriminate yourself.

[rob_tig]

Would you still leave reviews if the law come into force?

Would depend on what framing they use with the legislation, in all honesty I'd be very wary about it coming back to bite me.

Sam thats something I never would have thought about, cheers.

[bluefan1]

Would you still leave reviews if the law come into force?

Review criteria will probably need reviewing depending in the legislation enacted. Date and time (and maybe, place) of appointment would I imagine no longer form part of the review.

[rob_tig]

If that's the case David I'm packing my bags and going to find a nice little island in the middle of nowhere. That's some scary things your mentioning there.

Several issues here and these are purely my own thoughts.

Firstly, assuming criminalisation comes in, the crime will be paying for sex. It can't be enforced retrospectively. It will up to the individual whether they wish to continue purchasing sexual services, but who you have visited and which currently legal sites you have accessed will be irrelevant.

There has been talk of making the accessing of sites such as EI an offence equivalent to viewing child pornography. If that is brought in, I for one will be emigrating as living in a lunatic asylum is not something I find acceptable. Assuming otherwise, accessing the site will not be a criminal offence any more than accessing Swedish escort sites is currently.

Any apprehension for a criminal offence will occur during or after the act of visiting a sex worker.

In Sweden, over 1000 sex workers still make a living in a population not much larger than Ireland. No-one, as far as I'm aware, has been jailed for buying sex in the 15 years since the law was brought in. Plenty of fines though.

The powers that be can access absolutely anything if they want to and being paranoid about IP addresses won't make any difference.