Privacy Notice: Public Consultation Processes

1. Privacy Notice

This notice relates to Inland Fisheries Ireland’s (‘IFI’) privacy practices in connection with public consultation processes. Inland Fisheries Ireland, 3044 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin D24 CK66 acts as the ‘Data Controller’ regarding your personal data

2. General Statement

Any personal information which you provide to IFI will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 

3. Collection and use of Personal Information

When completing the public consultation IFI will collect and process the following categories of personal data:

• Identity Data – First name, surname. 
• Contact Data – Email address (where provided) for the purposes of stakeholder consultation and to receive notification once the plan is finalised.
• Subjective data – consultation responses and feedback.

We process your personal information for the purposes of consultation on matters affecting members of the public.

The respondents’ submissions will be published on the IFI website at the end of the consultation process, at the time the document arising from the consultation is published. Any personal data as defined by Article 4 of the GDPR will be redacted prior to publication on the IFI website.

In accordance with data protection legislation, we must always have a legal basis for the processing of personal data. This may be because you have consented to our use of your personal data or processing is necessary for tasks carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of an authority vested in IFI.

4. Data Protection Principles

IFI shall perform its responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in accordance with the following six data protection Principles:

1. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
2. Purpose Limitation
3. Data Minimisation
4. Accuracy
5. Storage limitation
6. Integrity and Confidentiality

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

As a data subject you have the following rights under the GDPR:

Right to Correction of personal data: You can request us to rectify any personal data that we are processing about you which is inaccurate.

Right to withdraw consent: Under the regulation consent should be freely given, specific, informed and provided via an unambiguous indication. Where we have relied upon your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

Right of erasure: You can request us to erase your personal data where there is no compelling reason to continue processing. This right only applies in certain circumstances; it is not a guaranteed or absolute right.

Right to data portability: You can request us to provide your personal data to you in a format which enables you to transfer that personal data to another organisation. You may have the right to have your personal data transferred by us directly to third party organisations if this is technically feasible.

Right to restrict processing of personal data: In certain circumstances you can request us to suspend our processing of your personal data. Where we suspend our processing of your personal data we will still be permitted to store your personal data, but any other processing of this information will require your consent, subject to certain exemptions.

Right to object to processing of personal data: You have the right to object to our use of your personal data which is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests. However, we may continue to process your personal data, despite your objection, where there are compelling legitimate business reasons to do so or we need to process your personal data in connection with any legal claims.

If you would like to make a complaint relating to the collection or processing of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority which is the Data Protection Commission (‘DPC’) The DPC contact details are:

Postal address:
Data Protection Commission
6 Pembroke Row
Dublin 2
D02 X963
Ireland

Telephone:  01 765 01 00 / 1800 437 737

Open hours: Monday - Friday, 9:30-13:00

Website: www.dataprotection.ie        

Dublin Office
6 Pembroke Row
Dublin 2
D02 X963
Ireland

Portarlington Office:
Canal House
Station Road
Portarlington
R32 AP23 Co. Laois

6. Information Sharing

We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent other than for the purposes specified in this Privacy notice or where there is a legal requirement.

If any data is transferred outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) we will take steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR.

7. How long do we keep your information for?

To communicate the outcomes of the public consultation your feedback and consultation submission will be retained for 12 months following the conclusion of the Appropriate Assessment.

8. Changes to our Privacy Notice

Any changes we may make to this Privacy notice in the future will be posted on the IFI website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy notice.

9. Contact

If you have any additional questions about this Privacy Notice or how IFI collects and uses your personal data, please contact:

Data Protection Officer 
Inland Fisheries Ireland 
3044 Lake Drive
Citywest Business Campus Dublin D24 CK66
Telephone: (01) 8842600

Email: dpo@fisheriesireland.ie