Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 April 2003

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

 

We have waited to 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 Protection Commissioner has now been asked to engage in public consultation to draw more attention to his office. However, judging by the number of queries received and the interplay between the Data Protection Commissioner and the public, there seems quite a degree of awareness – more than I thought – of that office's existence.

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