Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 161:

In page 155, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:

“Amendment of

206.Section 1 of the is amended by⁠—

(a) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “data”:

“ ‘data’ means automated data and manual data;”,

(b) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “personal data”:

“ ‘personal data’ has the meaning it has in Part 5of the Data Protection Act 2018;”,

(c) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “processing”:

“ ‘processing’, in relation to personal data, has the meaning it has in Part 5of the Data Protection Act 2018;”,

and

(d) the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘automated data’ means information that⁠—

(a) is being processed by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose, or

(b) is recorded with the intention that it should be processed by means of such equipment;

‘manual data’ means information that is recorded as part of a relevant filing system, or with the intention that it should form part of a relevant filing system;

‘relevant filing system’ means any set of information relating to individuals to the extent that, although the information is not processed by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose, the set is structured, either by reference to individuals or by reference to criteria relating to individuals, in such a way that specific information relating to a particular individual is readily accessible;”.”.

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