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Faculties & Departments
Data Protection
Welcome
The Data Protection Act 1988 and (Amendment) Act 2003
What you need to know!
Data Protection is the safeguarding of the privacy rights of individuals in relation to the processing of personal data. The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 confer rights on individuals as well as responsibilities on those persons processing personal data.
The Data Protection legislation was introduced to regulate the collection, processing, keeping, use and disclosure of personal data and to give individuals access to their data and allow them to amend it if incorrect.
The Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 means that Data Protection now covers manual records as well as electronic records.
As staff of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth we should be familiar with the Data Protection Acts and the responsibilities they place on each of us when processing personal information.
For example, when you create a record, which contains personal data, not only should it remain confidential but you are also obliged to keep it safe, secure and only use it for the purpose for which it was collected.
All staff should be familiar with the University's Data Protection Policy and Data Protection Procedures.
The Data Protection Officer is Ann McKeon.
How to contact the office:
Data Protection Office,
Humanity House,
NUI Maynooth,
Co. Kildare.
Tel: +353 1 7086184
Fax: +353 1 7086021
email: ann.mckeon@nuim.ie