Data Protection Acts 1988 -2018 (as amended) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
Invoice Processing
Privacy Notice
Background
The purpose of this notification is to set out some information regarding the collection and processing of your information by Monaghan County Council. During the course of our activities we will collect, store and process personal data about our customers. Monaghan County Council is the data controller in respect of this data.
Monaghan County Council creates, collects and processes a significant amount of ‘personal data’ and ‘sensitive personal data’ in various multiple formats daily. Our commitment is to ensure that the personal data supplied is:
- Obtained lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner
- Collected for only specified, explicit and legitimate purposes,
- Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purpose for which it was obtained,
- Recorded, stored accurately and where necessary kept up to date,
- Kept for no longer that is necessary, and, in a form, which permits identification of the data subject,
- Processed in a manner that ensures the appropriate security of the personal data including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing of the data.
Data Protection Policy
For full details of the collection, processing and sharing of your personal data by us and your rights in this regard, please see our full Privacy Notice on the website.
What data we collect and process
The types of personal data that we will collect and process includes,
Name/Company Name, Address, Phone Number, Email Address, VAT Information, goods or services received, monies due.
Why do we collect this personal data?
We collect and process this information in order to facilitate payment for goods or services received.
Lawfulness of processing
Processing this data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and in exercise of official authority vested in us as the controller Monaghan County Council [Article 6(1)(e) of the General Data Protection Regulations, 2016].
Sharing of Personal Data
Monaghan County Council may, from time to time, have to share personal data with other local authorities, organisations or entities in Ireland who assist us in fulfilling our functions. Where this is necessary Monaghan County Council shall have regard to the security and integrity of the data and will minimise the data shared.
The data obtained and processed for this activity will be shared with the finance section of Monaghan County Council. Invoices received will be sent to the finance department by post, internal post or email.
Further information regarding the sharing of your personal data can be found in our Privacy Notice which is available at: Privacy Notice
Retention of Personal Data
The data obtained and processed as part of this activity will be retained by the finance department in line with the National Document Retention Policy.
Your Rights
You have the right to request access to personal data held about you, obtain confirmation as to whether data concerning you exists, be informed of the content and source of data and check its accuracy.
If you have any questions regarding our processing of your Personal Data, our Data Protection Officer can be contacted
by email: dataprotectionofficer@monaghancoco.ie
by phone: (047)73765
Postal Address: Monaghan County Council, County Offices, The Glen, Monaghan, H18 YT50