How many data protection amendments has Ireland had?

mr_fegelien · 27-03-2020 12:02PM #1

Doing a project and confused by the barrage of information in regards to the various data protection legislation that have been passed. There was one first in 1988 and then 2014 and now 2018. Are those the only ones. If so, what is a summary of what they do?

Victor · 27-03-2020 05:02PM

There are three main acts, but there will also be statutory instruments (mostly orders and regulations).

On each link below, you can click on "Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act" to get the details of any changes.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1988/act/25/enacted/en/html
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2003/act/6/enacted/en/html
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/7/enacted/en/html

From those links, we can see that some other acts have made at least some amendments, e.g.:
Europol Act, 1997
British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999
Customs and Excise (Mutual Assistance) Act, 2001
Passports Act 2008
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008
Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014
Health Identifiers Act 2014

How many data protection amendments has Ireland had?

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