Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 10, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(c) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):
"(3A) Where the Commission processes or discloses special categories of personal data in accordance with this section, it shall only do so where the Commission considers that the disclosure is necessary and proportionate in accordance with the Data Protection Regulation and the Act of 2018.

(3B) The Minister may make regulations prescribing suitable and specific measures for the processing of special categories of personal data under this section.

(3C) Where personal data processed by the Commission is required for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of a criminal offence, the data—
(a) may be processed for as long as it is required for such prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution, and

(b) shall be permanently deleted after it is no longer required for such prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution.",
and
(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (9):
"(10) In this section—

‘Act of 2018’ means the Data Protection Act 2018;

‘special categories of personal data’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2018;

‘suitable and specific measures’ means measures to be taken to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects in processing the personal data of those data subjects and may include measures specified in section 36(1) of the Act of 2018.".".

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