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Data Protection Acts |
§ Data Protection Act 1988.
§ Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003.
o Click here to see an informal consolidated version of the two above Acts prepared by the Data Protection Commissioner.
§ The 2003 Amendment Act brought our law into line with the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.
§ All Sections of the Acts are in force, except Section 4 (13) (enforced subject access). |
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Electronic Privacy Regulations |
§ The ePrivacy Regulations 2003 (S.I. 535) deal with data protection for phone, e-mail, SMS and Internet use.
§ They give effect to the EU e Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC.
§ These regulations have been amended by SI 526 of 2008.
SI 192 of 2002 – which has been replaced by SI 535 – is available for reference.
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Other Regulations under the Data Protection Acts
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Fees |
§ S.I. 658 of 2007 - The fee you must pay for Registration and for Prior Checking
S.I. 347 of 1988 - The fee that an organisation may charge you for an Access Request( €6.35) and the fee for a certified copy of a Register entry (€2.54) |
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Registration |
§ S.I. 657 of 2007 - Who must register
S.I. 351 of 1988 - Registration Forms
S.I. 350 of 1988 - Period of Registration (1 year) |
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Restrictions on Right of Access |
§ S.I. 82 of 1989 - Health data
S.I. 83 of 1989 - Social Work data
S.I. 95 of 1993 - Functions of the Financial Regulator and of the Consumer Agency. Various functions performed by auditors etc under the Companies Acts
S.I. 81 of 1989 - Information on adopted children and information the Public Service Ombudsman gets during an investigation |
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Prior Checking of Processing
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§ S.I. 687 of 2007 - Processing of genetic data in connection with employment
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Other Laws |
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Cross-Border Bodies |
§ British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999, Section 51 - Data protection in cross-border bodies |
