[PDF] Top 20 Tenth Annual report of the Data Protection Commissioner 1998

... The Data Protection Act, 1988 can rightly be seen as one part of the infrastructure needed to underpin the new ‘information society’ which is characterised by instant processing of the information flows ... See full document

... personal data for the purpose for which it was collected and that personal data should not be kept for longer than is necessary for that ...The Data Protection Acts require that personal ... See full document

... E-learning data protection training programme for all employees which would include a module on the requirements for compiling marketing lists and correctly operating marketing ...company's data ... 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

... harmful use of the internet, and the promotion of responsible internet practices. The Board has liaised with the internet service industry to promote a code of practice in this regard, and has had discussions concerning ... See full document

... medical data are considered to be highly sensitive, not only for the medical information they may contain, but also because they relate especially to sensitive areas of one’s private ...patient data flows ... See full document

... donated samples. The samples will be anonymous (i.e. nobody will know who the donor is), and they may only be used for research projects that have the prior approval of the Ethics Committee of the Coombe Women’s ... See full document

... welfare data containing ...the data in question is used to make decisions on ...the data subject, the Office considered that the checking of data on INFOSYS was not sufficiently ...any ... See full document

... In October 2010 I received a complaint from an individual who alleged that a veterinary practice had disclosed her personal information, i.e. her name and address details, to a third party, namely the original owner of a ... See full document

... data protection. Representatives of the authorities responsible for data protection in these two countries were invited to take part in the Working Party's meetings as ...on data files ... 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

... 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

... Regardless of whether or not they had been actually aware of developments in relation to the PPSN, respondents were asked how they personally felt about government agencies and departments being able to link and transfer ... See full document

... the Data Protection Act provides that that “data or, as the case may be, the information constituting the data shall have been obtained … ...this Report (page 36) I set out in detail ... See full document