[PDF] Top 20 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Data Protection Commissioner 2003

... the Data Protection Acts in responding to vetting requests, to consider only requests from sectors for which vetting information is relevant and desirable from a crime prevention viewpoint: such as the area ... See full document

... As a potential unique identifier, there is a trend towards using the PPSN as an added security verification feature for computer systems. My Office has dealt with queries regarding both public and private sector ... See full document

... of 2003, namely Opera Telecom (Ireland) Ltd, Zamano Solutions Limited, Mountwilson Ltd and Púca Technologies Ltd (in its capacity as a provider of the SMS technology and network used for the sending of messages by ... See full document

... personal data in those particular contexts were for purposes set down by the Revenue Commissioners and that it did not give data controllers any entitlement to use the retained data for its own other ... See full document

... these data collection standards, it is not permissible for the credit referencing agency to seek to make good the deficiency by resorting to "close matches", ...personal data in a full and proper ... See full document

... The data protection issue which arose was whether the credit card data, obtained for the second booking, had been ‘obtained and processed fairly’ by Ryanair, as required under section 2(1)(a) of the ... See full document

... quarterly report from the Dept of Environment, Community & Local Government providing details of all individuals within the geographical remit of region Y who may be eligible for ...these data feeds ... See full document

... the Data Protection Acts any direct marketing carried out for political purposes by political parties or by candidates for election to political ...2009 Annual Report about the consistency ... See full document

... personal data to the extent that the pictures taken include faces, vehicle licence plates and ...the data protection law, since the deployment of economic activity constitutes in principle a lawful ... See full document

... the Annual Report of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC Ireland) for 2017 highlighting our work this year and our priorities for the coming ...fourth report I have had ... See full document

... on good practice. An interesting finding was that several countries operate different data protection regimes for their public and private sectors. Most authorities would wish to increase compliance through ... See full document

... the data subject with his personal ...the data subject was requesting and we reminded them of the obligation to comply fully with the access ...the data subject's access ...personal data ... See full document

... local data-protection authority (DPA) to consider the ...personal data in the operation of a domestic CCTV system that was installed to protect the property, health and life of the occupants; ... See full document

... personal data to local authorities to satisfy themselves that the provision of the information was proportionate to the alleged ...the data controller must be satisfied that the local authority seeking the ... See full document

... Irish Data Protection ...the Data Retention Directive; it clarified the role of data protection authorities in examining complaints even where the matter complained of is a binding EU ... See full document

... of data from government bodies to private investigators remains a challenge to be tackled; issues in relation to the processes and safeguards for handling sensitive files in certain State agencies are also under ... See full document

... In response to initial contact from my Office regarding the alleged disclosure of personal information, Aer Lingus confirmed that it had passed on the personal data of its staff to HSA Ireland and it set out the ... See full document

... the Annual Reports produced by my Office over the years, it has become traditional to include examples of “real world” cases with which I have dealt, in order to illustrate the practical application of the ... See full document

... In the midst of this staff turnover, the forthcoming year will be a challenging one as we seek to maintain service levels in relation to our statutory functions. Privacy is a somewhat nebulous concept, the absence of ... See full document

... personal data in relation to communications between a client and his\her professional legal advisers or between those advisers, I took the view in this case that a copy of a medical report prepared for a ... See full document