Irish Data Protection Commission and Ireland's application of the GDPR
Dear colleagues,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, provided in Regulation 1049/2001, I request documents held by Commissioner Reynders, his cabinet, and DG Just, concerning the Irish Data Protection Commission and Ireland’s application of the GDPR during the period from the beginning of the current Commission’s term to the present date.
Scope of request
Article 3(a) of Regulation 1049/2001 defines documents as:
“any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institution's sphere of responsibility”.
This request includes all documents in the meaning of Article 3(1) of Regulation 1049/2001, whether long term records or short term notes, irrespective of whether they are included in the eDomec or ARES systems. This also includes all relevant papers, reports, presentations, speeches, minutes, notes, communications, correspondence, agendas, minutes, and comments, whether hand written or typed or otherwise recorded. This also includes but is not limited to all communications and meetings with or concerning the Irish Data Protection Commission itself, and relevant communications and meetings with the Irish Government and other Commission DGs and European institutions and agencies.
Public interest
This is a matter of utmost public interest. The “one-stop-shop” mechanism in the GDPR means that Ireland’s application of the GDPR is essential to protecting the fundamental rights of all citizens across the Union.
The European Ombudsman’s decision to launch an inquiry (CASE 97/2022/PB) in to this matter, and its subsequent decision to send a letter of further inquiry to President von der Leyen, demonstrates the exceptional public interest in this matter.
Postal address
I request the documents in electronic format. (My postal address: Dr Johnny Ryan, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Unit 11, First Floor, 34, Usher's Quay, Dublin 8, D08 DCW9, Ireland.)
Faithfully,
Dr Johnny Ryan
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 15 August 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 16
August 2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/4618.
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Dear colleagues,
I look forward to our response to this request for access to documents.
Faithfully,
Johnny Ryan
Dear Sir,
Please find our letter regarding your application for access to documents
– GESTDEM 2022/4618 attached.
With kind regards,
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Dear colleagues,
I look forward to your reply five days from now, on 27 September.
Yours faithfully,
Johnny Ryan
RE: CONFIRMATORY APPLICATION
Dear colleagues,
The (extended) time for your response to my request of 15 August elapsed on 27 September. Your response is now overdue.
Therefore I am sending you a confirmatory application regarding my request of 15 August.
For your convenience I copy hereunder the that request.
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, provided in Regulation 1049/2001, I request documents held by Commissioner Reynders, his cabinet, and DG Just, concerning the Irish Data Protection Commission and Ireland’s application of the GDPR during the period from the beginning of the current Commission’s term to the present date.
Scope of request
Article 3(a) of Regulation 1049/2001 defines documents as:
“any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institution's sphere of responsibility”.
This request includes all documents in the meaning of Article 3(1) of Regulation 1049/2001, whether long term records or short term notes, irrespective of whether they are included in the eDomec or ARES systems. This also includes all relevant papers, reports, presentations, speeches, minutes, notes, communications, correspondence, agendas, minutes, and comments, whether hand written or typed or otherwise recorded. This also includes but is not limited to all communications and meetings with or concerning the Irish Data Protection Commission itself, and relevant communications and meetings with the Irish Government and other Commission DGs and European institutions and agencies.
Public interest
This is a matter of utmost public interest. The “one-stop-shop” mechanism in the GDPR means that Ireland’s application of the GDPR is essential to protecting the fundamental rights of all citizens across the Union.
The European Ombudsman’s decision to launch an inquiry (CASE 97/2022/PB) in to this matter, and its subsequent decision to send a letter of further inquiry to President von der Leyen, demonstrates the exceptional public interest in this matter.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/irish...
Faithfully
Johnny Ryan
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2022/4618, sent on 01/10/2022 and registered on 03/10/2022.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 24/10/2022. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Sir,
Please find our reply to your application for access to documents –
GESTDEM 2022/4618 attached.
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could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to
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With kind regards,
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