Results 41-60 of 4,382 for data protection

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Data Protection (20 Feb 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: An officer of my Department is responsible for developing and implementing data protection policy in my Department as part of a wider remit in the Corporate Governance area. This officer's duties include ensuring that data is processed in line with data protection legislation and that my Department registers all details of data processing with the Data Protection Commissioner in a timely...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (23 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Social Protection is registered as a data controller with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner The Department takes its responsibilities in relation to data protection very seriously. Every effort is made to ensure that personal customer data are used solely for business purposes and that they are not compromised in any way. The Department has data protection...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: Although my Department does not have a dedicated Data Protection Office, data protection functions are the responsibility of a specified Data Protection Officer at senior management level who is supported by a number of key staff within my Department and its Offices. Set out in tabular format is the number of staff involved in Data Protection duties for my Department and its Offices only. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: There is already in place in Ireland a rigorous and statutory data protection structure for the protection of personal data processed for health research purposes. The provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation apply. They require that: the principles in Article 5 are adhered to, a legal basis in Article 6 applies, a condition in Article 9 is met and that suitable and specific...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (8 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised that the Garda Síochána Data Protection Code of Practice, which was approved by the Data Protection Commissioner under section 13 (2)(a) of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, was launched in November 2007. The code was the result of intensive work by the Garda Commissioner and his staff working in close cooperation with the Office of the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy will be aware, the sharing of data is covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which took effect from 25 May 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 with the commencement of final sections of that Act coming into effect in December last year. With regard to personal and or person-specific data sets, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Helen McEntee: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department is committed to protecting the data privacy rights of all data subjects. The Irish Prison Service (an Executive Office within my Department) is currently the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission in accordance with sections 110(1), 123(1) and 137 of the Data Protection Act, 2018. The Irish Prison Service was first...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: My Department does not currently have a dedicated Data Protection Officer in place. A member of staff within the ICT Unit acts as the Data Protection coordinator. The role of Data Controller in ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Acts lies with another member of staff, who also has other duties. My Department takes its Data Protection obligations very seriously and is cognisant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (19 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 to 400, inclusive, together. Section 32(1)(e) of the Data Protection Act 2018 provides that the Data Protection Commission shall encourage the drawing up of codes of conduct intended to contribute to the proper application of the Data Protection Regulation with regard to the processing of the personal data of children for the purposes of direct...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Unfortunately I am unable to accept this amendment as it is unnecessary. The Data Protection Acts already apply both to criminal records data and the specified information database. The vetting unit is registered with the Data Protection Commissioner in accordance with the Data Protection Acts and its procedures for storing and accessing data are already subject to the oversight of the Data...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not been subject to investigation by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) as provided for under Section 137 of the Data Protection Act 2018 for the purposes of an inquiry under Section 110(1) of the Act. As regards the investigation of any individual complaints, my Department engages with the DPC under Section 109 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and previously under Section...

Topical Issue Debate: Data Protection (18 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...to refer to matters currently under investigation by relevant authorities or connected to the subject matter of ongoing court proceedings, to which the Leas Cheann-Comhairle referred. The Data Protection Commissioner is the independent supervisory authority with responsibility for upholding the EU fundamental right of the individual to have his or her personal data protected. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (7 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 114. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered the way the Minister of State with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection at his Department will exercise his very specific responsibility for data protection issues in view of the fact that the Minister of State with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection has not been assigned as a Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (12 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 749 and 750 together. Section 32(1)(e) of the Data Protection Act 2018 provides that the Data Protection Commission shall encourage the drawing up of codes of conduct intended to contribute to the proper application of the Data Protection Regulation with regard to the processing of the personal data of children for the purposes of direct marketing and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (6 May 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given that the Data Protection Act 1988 and amendment Act of 2003 outline eight rules of data protection that include data being obtained and processed fairly, keeping data for specified, explicit and lawful purposes, and disclosing data only in ways compatible with these purposes, and given that the statutory instrument signed into law...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (24 Jun 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that the Minister for Justice and Equality has no role under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 in relation to the issuing of guidelines or other communications to local authorities or any other bodies in respect of data protection. No such guidelines or communications have been issued by me nor, as far as I am aware, any of my predecessors. The Office of Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department identified the following number of data breaches in each of the years since 2016 and to date in 2023. No records are available for the period before 2016. YearNumber of data breaches 201657 2017108 2018226 2019371 2020508 2021646 2022502 2023 to date 482 The vast majority of the confirmed data breaches relate to incidents where customer information was accidentally and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the sharing of data is covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which took effect from 25 May 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 with the commencement of final sections of that Act coming into effect in December last year. With regard to personal and or person-specific data sets, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (13 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the law relating to the protection of personal data, including the requirement to implement appropriate security measures, is contained in the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. This legislation requires that appropriate security measures be taken to guard against unauthorised access to, as well as any unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of, personal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (16 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The position is that Article 12 (Right of access) of the 1995 Data Protection Directive requires Member States to ensure that every data subject has the right to obtain from the data controller the communication to him or her of personal data undergoing processing in an intelligible form. The same Article provides that the data subject has the right to obtain the rectification, erasure or...