Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 April 2003
Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages.
Amendment No. 4 amends the wording of the "fair processing" principle. The position is that it is not necessary to state data shall be processed "lawfully" in paragraph (a) because the Bill goes on to specify and set out the detailed conditions under which non-sensitive and sensitive personal data may be processed. The words used in the EU directive in this context are similar to those in the Council of Europe convention on which the 1988 Act was based. The wording in the 1988 Act, therefore, does not need to be changed.
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