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ARTICLE · 27 AUGUST 2014

Minister For Justice Commences Additional Data Protection Provisions

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The Minister for Justice recently commenced three previously inactive sections of the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 ("DPA").

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The Minister for Justice recently commenced three previously inactive sections of the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 ("DPA"). The newly-commenced provisions mean that data controllers are now under a wider obligation to notify third party recipients of personal data when that data has been changed or deleted. Employers are also restricted from requiring various individuals in the employment context to make an access request for their personal data.

1. Notification to third parties – Statutory Instrument 337 of 2014

The DPA now provides specific situations where data controllers must notify certain third parties of changes to data. Previously, only the data subject had to be notified of any such changes. Now, if personal data has been "materially modified", the data controller must notify anyone to whom the controller disclosed the data in the past 12 months.

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