Data Protection Acts 1988 -2018 (as amended) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

Museum Research Requests and Queries

 Data Subject Notification

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.

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 your

Names

Address

Contact number

Email address

 

We do not collect any Special Category Personal Data.

Why do we collect this personal data?

We collect and process this information in order to manage and administer the relationship between you and us for the purpose of responding to research requests and queries submitted by you.

Lawfulness of processing

We process this personal data with your consent under Article 6 (1)(a)(e) GDPR and for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

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 function.  Where this is necessary Monaghan County Council shall have regard to the security and integrity of the data and will minimise the data shared.

It is not intended the data obtained and processed for this activity will be shared with a third party or entity.

Further information regarding the sharing of your personal data can be found in our Privacy Notice which is available at: Privacy Notice

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