Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to get to the point where the purchaser or user is informed upfront that there is a potential for this hazard so that before someone begins the process and there is the potential for any processing of data, he or she is clear that there are potential pitfalls. We all like to think that technology is now so advanced that there is no potential for mistakes to be made, but, of course, there is. It is on a development curve. The companies rarely provide those potential hazards upfront and they do not follow that path for a good reason, because far fewer people would avail of the technology and the service if they thought there was potential for these types of issue to arise. It is less about the processing of the data in the first instance than telling them about the potential pitfalls. I doubt that is contained in the GDPR; it is more about a clear description of what the technology is and is not. Anyone who purchases a pharmaceutical product today will find a list of reactions that might suffer. Such a warning is contained in the GDPR.