ACCS/info Bulletin 40/19
Fri, Sep 20th, 2019
The Secretary,
Board of Management and
School Principal in
each Community and Comprehensive School.
Members of the Executive of ACCS.
ACCS/Info Bulletin 40/19
Re: Transfer of personal data in the event of a No Deal Brexit.
Does your school transfer any personal data to the UK? If so, you will need to put some measures in place in advance of the event of a No Deal Brexit, otherwise these transfers will be deemed unlawful.
Examples of the types of transfers which may occur in your school are provided in the attached guidance note from the Data Protection Commission’s Office.
These transfer types include:
Are you outsourcing your HR, IT or Payroll function to a UK-based organisation?
Are you using a UK-based marketing company to send marketing communications to your customer database?
Is your occupational health provider based in the UK?
Is your pension scheme based in the UK?
Are you using translation/transcribing services of a UK based company where you might be sending personal data of employees, customers or suppliers?
Are you using a UK-based company to analyse data on visitors to your website?
Are you storing data in the UK on a server or in the cloud?
If any of the above applies to your school, please contact our Data Protection Advisor, Hilary Treacy on htreacy@accs.ie and Hilary will advise you on how you can ensure your data transfers remain lawful.
Is mise,
le mór mheas,
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John Irwin,
General Secretary ACCS.