The ERC has a Data Protection Officer (DPO) with overall responsibility for data protection. The DPO is a statutory role that facilitates data subjects in exercising their rights under the GDPR and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.
Data Protection & General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has implications for any data processing activities where personal data is processed. This has implications for how the ERC works with schools, with individuals and bodies working in the education sector, with Government Departments etc. where personal data is shared. For further information on GDPR, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has established the following website that provides information on GDPR http://gdprandyou.ie/
For our Privacy Statement, please click here.
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For our Email Disclaimer, please click here.
Subject Access Request (SAR)
The GDPR states that individuals have the right to access information about their personal data from an organisation. Information on the ERC’s SAR policy and the SAR Form are available below.
Note: Students, or parents of students (under the age of 18), requesting information on behalf of their children, are advised to submit their SAR Form via the school the student is currently attending. This is to help us to protect your data by assisting with validating that the request for information is coming from the correct person.
For our Subject Access Request (SAR) Policy please click here.
For a Subject Access Request (SAR) Form please click here.
Queries
The Data Protection Officer for the ERC is Damian Downes – Head of Governance and Corporate Services.
Please address data protection and GDPR queries by:
E-Mail to: Data.Protection@erc.ie
Post to: The Data Protection Officer, The Educational Research Centre, DCU, St. Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin D09 AN2F
Telephone: (01) 837 3789
Additional information is also available on the website of the Data Protection Commissioner:
https://www.dataprotection.ie/
Access to Information on the Environment
The European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment Regulations) 2007 to 2014 (hereafter referred to as the AIE Regulations), give legal rights to those seeking to
access information on the environment from public authorities. Under the AIE Regulations, information relating to the environment held by, or for, a public authority must, subject to certain exceptions, be provided on request to any person. For further information, please click here.
