Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes she has made to allow access by adopted persons to their own data following the introduction of the GDPR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly increases the obligations and responsibilities for organisations and businesses in how they collect, use and protect personal data. At the centre of the new law is the requirement for organisations and businesses to be fully transparent about how they are using and safeguarding personal data, and to be able to demonstrate accountability for their data processing activities.

The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 has passed Second Stage in the Seanad. The implications of the introduction of the GDPR for all relevant individuals in the context of information and tracing are being carefully considered by my Department in advance of the committee stage debate on the Bill.