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Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

The text of amendment No. 3 deals with the interface between the data protection and freedom of information regimes. It provides that a right under data protection law shall not prejudice the exercise of a right under the 1997 Freedom of Information Act. Where, for example, a data subject fails to obtain access to personal data under the Data Protection Act – perhaps because it is manual...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

I want to mention amendment No. 18 at this stage because it also touches on the functions of both commissioners. Its purpose is to protect personal data being kept by the Data Protection Commissioner and the Information Commissioner for the purposes of their respective functions from access requests. By virtue of section 5 of the Data Protection Act 1988, the Data Protection Commissioner is...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

...see the final shape of the Freedom of Information Act before proceeding with this Bill. The amendment to the Act was drafted in the full knowledge of this Bill's contents. Senator Hayes asked how a data subject can object to the use of direct marketing data –in other words, the need to publicise the office of the Data Protection Commissioner. I am conscious of that, and the Data...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Amendment No. 17 relates specifically to section 4(8) of the 1988 Act which deals with access to personal data concerning physical or mental health or data kept for, or obtained in the course of, social work. It provides for the making of regulations restricting access to such data where the Minister considers it desirable in the interests of data subjects to do so. Such restrictions are...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Amendment No. 2 seeks to make it clear that the exemption in respect of data kept solely for the purpose of historical research includes archives or departmental records as defined in the National Archives Act 1986. It is important to ensure such archives and records are safeguarded for research purposes. I am confident that the Data Protection Commissioner and the Director of the National...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Amendment No. 6 inserts the phrase "including personal data that is required by law to be made available to the public" in the new subsection (8). It is intended to address the problem of public data such as registers being used for direct marketing purposes. The amendment means that where personal data obtained from such a source are to be used for direct marketing, the persons to whom the...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Senator Tuffy also referred to amendment No. 18. If either the Data Protection Commission or the Information Commissioner has personal data for the purpose of his or her functions, it should not be subject to an access request. The access request should be made to the data controller in each case. That amendment, to shield information which either commissioner had for the purpose of doing...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Amendment No. 13 deals with the sensitive manner in which data relating to convictions, offences and sanctions should be handled. The issue was raised in this House by Senators Cregan and Farrell and the amendment seeks to address their concerns. The new subsection set out in the amendment relates to the handling of sensitive personal data concerning offences, administrative sanctions and...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Amendment No. 6 includes the phrase "including personal data that is required by law to be made available to the public". The Minster stated that where personal data obtained from such a source is to be used for direct marketing, the person to whom the data relate must be informed by the data controller that he or she has the right to object, free of charge. That is certainly a useful...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

.... We hear much about e-Government and the delivery of State services electronically. This legislation and the amendments on which the Minister has spoken seek to underpin public confidence in the protection of those data. For many years, there was a concern abroad about the way in which Governments, not just in Ireland but around the world, protected such data. There was a worry about the...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Willie O'Dea: ...be restated under the Statute Law (Restatement) Act 2002 before the end of 2003. Senator Hayes also asked the very interesting question about how many politicians had actually registered with the Data Protection Commissioner. I am informed that such questions are a matter for the data controller – the politician in this case – and the Data Protection Commissioner. We have no...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Amendment No. 23 concerns registration requirements. The Bill provides for the registration of all data controllers and processors except those specifically excluded. Some of the excluded categories are mentioned but there is also provision for the exclusion of "prescribed" categories. "Prescribed" in this context means prescribed in regulations made by the commissioner with the consent of...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Timmy Dooley: ...us were not Members, addressed by the Minister and the Department, and finding their way into this Bill through the other House. These amendments further strengthen the legislation underpinning the protection of individuals regarding the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data. It is particularly important now.

Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

I put it to the Minister that because of the confluence between the data protection legislation and the freedom of information legislation, it might have been more sensible to await the final form of the Freedom of Information Bill before we proceeded with the Bill under discussion. I know the matter will be resolved within the next two weeks, because it must be in order for the changes to...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Joanna Tuffy: ...us. The Labour Party greatly welcomes this legislation and has a responsibility in relation to the same, having secured the inclusion in the 1994 programme for Government that the provisions of the Data Protection Act be extended. I agree with Senator Brian Hayes that there is a need for consolidation of the legislation and would like to hear the Minister of State's views. In the time...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

...would be aware that the 30-year embargo rule applied before the introduction of the Freedom Information Act 1997, and there has been a significant advance since then. There is an obligation on the Data Protection Commissioner and on the director of the National Archives to work together to ensure consistent and coherent guidelines are put in place. I know that is conveyed in amendment No. 2.

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: ...the directive, the legislation would be passed. It is worrying that we have not managed to hold to this. The Minister of State referred in the other House to the fact that we were discussing the Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, an amendment to the 1988 Act. It is very difficult to get a grip on legislation when two Bills are involved. There is a need for consolidation in this area. I...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

..., some of that information being personal. In order for the politician to have that information in his or her office in electronic or manual form, it is required that a register be made with the Data Protection Commissioner. This is a legal requirement and the commissioner does his best in conveying this to Members, but we need to know the exact number of politicians who have registered....

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003)

Willie O'Dea: ...11, 22 and 27 are essentially drafting changes designed to improve the sense or layout of the text, while amendments Nos. 12, 14 and 20 provide in each case that the Minister shall consult with the Data Protection Commissioner in advance of making regulations under the respective provisions. Such consultation had already been provided for elsewhere in the Bill in relation to other matters...