Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) is subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is registered with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.
Donegal ETB is the Data Controller for all personal data held and processed by its schools and Further Education and Training (FET) centres under its patronage.
On the 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. In Ireland, GDPR has been given legislative effect in the new Data Protection Act 2018.
This new legislation updates the current law in relation to data protection and seeks to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union, including Ireland. It grants new and enhanced rights for all individuals in relation to their own personal information. An individual about whom data is held by an organisation is referred to as a data subject.
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) is the state education and training authority for the Donegal region, established by the Education and Training Boards Act 2013.
To fulfil its statutory obligations, Donegal ETB gathers, stores, and processes large amounts of data on a variety of data subjects. This would include students, learners, staff, third parties, and members of the public. This personal data can range from personal details and CCTV footage to financial transactions. Personal data is any data that permits an individual to be identified.
Donegal ETB is committed to a policy of protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals with respect to the processing of their personal data.
The Data Protection regulations and legislation require the staff of Donegal ETB to process data fairly and to ensure the security of that data.
You can view the relevant legislation here:
We follow the seven principles set out under GDPR:
We must clearly inform you about:
We collect and process personal data from:
We use your data for purposes including:
We process data based on:
You have the right to:
The digital age of consent in Ireland is 16 years. This means that for any student under the age of 16, parental or guardian consent is required before their personal data can be used by online services, such as social media platforms.
Donegal ETB, along with its schools and centres, is committed to safeguarding students’ personal data in line with this legal requirement and does not permit the use of under-16s’ data for such purposes without appropriate consent.
You are entitled to request access to any personal data we hold about you. To ensure this data is protected and to verify your identity, we require one of the following verification methods along with our subject access request form available on our Publication & Resources page under Data Protection.
Donegal ETB maintains a suite of policies and documents to support GDPR compliance. Our policies, which include the Data Processing Policy and CCTV Policy, are available on our Donegal ETB Policies page here.
Donegal ETB provides a range of supporting documentation to ensure transparency and compliance with data protection legislation. These include:
These documents are available in the Publications & Resources section of our website under Data Protection.
For further information on Data Protection and the General Data Protection Regulation, please visit the Data Protection Commission.
If you have a data protection query, wish to make a request, or have concerns about your rights under GDPR, please contact:
Data Protection Officer
Donegal ETB Administrative Offices
Ard O’Donnell
Letterkenny
Co. Donegal
F92 DP98
Tel: 0749161600
Email: dataprotection@donegaletb.ie
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