Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which his Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; the nature of the complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40804/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has contacted my Department eight times since 2016 and sought clarification regarding Data Protection cases raised by individual DAFM clients. Two of these contacts were notified as formal investigations (one in 2016 and one in 2018). The other contacts were requests for information and/or clarifications on cases. The nature of these cases raised has been in the areas of individual data breaches, the provision of personal data following subject access requests and the lawful processing of personal data.

My Department remains committed to its Data Protection obligations and has fully cooperated with the DPC in a prompt and open manner in respect of all queries raised. My Department has four cases opened in 2020 which remain active with the DPC and the remaining four cases (that originated since 2016) are closed, with no further action required by my Department.