How to make a complaint about the Irish data protection commissioner
Dear European Data Protection Supervisor,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
How to make a complaint about the Irish data protection to EU data protection
Yours faithfully,
Madeline O'Brien
Dear Ms O'Brien,
I am writing in reply to your email to the European Data Protection
Supervisor (EDPS), regarding your specific request about how to make a
complaint about the Irish data protection commission.
The EDPS is an independent authority that primarily deals with supervision
of the processing of personal data by the European Union's institutions
and bodies. We also advise them on new EU legislative proposals and
initiatives relating to the protection of personal data, and we cooperate
with relevant actors in the field. Our competence, therefore, does not
directly relate to the substance of your request.
All national data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union are
totally independent authorities. If you think that the DPA is taking too
long to handle your complaint or if you are unsatisfied with the DPA’s
response, you can ask the courts in the country where the DPA is located
for redress or compensation.
Best regards,
EDPS Secretariat
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Regulation), we are processing your personal data in order to reply to
your request. The controller is the European Data Protection Supervisor
(EDPS). The legal basis for this processing operation is Article 5(1)(b)
of the Regulation, since processing is necessary for compliance with a
legal obligation to which the EDPS is subject. The data processed include
your contact details, your request, as well as personal data that might be
collected during the investigation of your request. For the EDPS, case
handlers, administrative staff and hierarchy involved in the request
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parties when it is necessary to ensure the appropriate investigation or
follow up of your request. Your data will be stored by the EDPS in
electronic files until the end of the reporting period of the current year
(as a rule, until mid-next year), unless legal proceedings require us to
keep them for a longer period. Afterwards, only a brief anonymous note
will be included in a file in order to keep record of the request.
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information concerning how we use it. You have the right to rectify your
personal data. Under certain conditions, you have the right to ask that we
delete your personal data or restrict its use. We will consider your
request, take a decision and communicate it to you. For more information,
please see Articles 14 to 21, 23 and 24 of the Regulation. Please note
that in some cases restrictions under Article 25 of the Regulation may
apply. Any request to exercise your rights should be addressed to the EDPS
at [8][EDPS request email]. You may also contact the data protection
officer of the EDPS ([9][email address]), if you have any remarks
or complaints regarding the way we process your personal data. You have
the right to lodge a complaint with the EDPS, as supervisory authority.
Any such request should be addressed to the EDPS at
[10][EDPS request email]. You can reach the EDPS in the following ways:
e-mail: [11][EDPS request email]; EDPS postal address: European Data
Protection Supervisor, Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047 Brussels, Belgium.