THEFT OR loss of personal data relating to more than 100 individuals will have to be reported to the data protection commissioner under a new draft code of practice published yesterday.
The code is a response to the recent recommendations of the Data Protection Review Group established by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern. Data protection commissioner Billy Hawkes said he had sought to publish the draft as quickly as possible “to respond to public concern in relation to organisations losing personal data under their control while at the same time not imposing an undue burden on those organisations”.
Members of the public can make observations or submissions on the draft code before Friday, June 18th. Details have been published at www.dataprotection.ie