Data Protection and Privacy Policies
Data Protection and Privacy Policies
European Consumer Centre Ireland (ECCI) strongly believes in your fundamental rights to privacy and data protection. We strictly limit the processing of your personal information to the minimum possible for the specific purposes described in the following policies.
What is personal data?
All information that can be directly or indirectly connected to a person counts as personal data. This may, for example, be your name, email address, address, or phone number.
CCPC Policies
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the body designated to host the European Consumer Centre in Ireland.
The CCPC has a number of privacy policies, statements and protocols in place that outline the way the CCPC gathers information to carry out its legal functions, how the CCPC might use that information, the circumstances when they may disclose it and how they manage information.
ECCI adheres to the CCPC’s policies and procedures in respect of data protection and privacy.
You can find a list of these policies below or on the CCPC’s Data Protection and Privacy page.
1.CCPC General Privacy Notice
Please note: Only the first heading in the ‘How and why do we process your personal data?’ applies to ECCI
2.CCPC Website Privacy Statement
3.3.CCPC Job Applicant Privacy Notice
Protection of your personal data in ECC-Net
ECCI is also part of ECC-Net, a network of independently managed offices which are co-funded by the European Commission. We process personal data using the ECC-NET IT Tool (ECCNET2), where we are a joint data controller with the Directorate-General Justice and Consumer, Directorate E: Consumer Directorate, Unit B3 – Consumer Enforcement and Redress.
Complain to the Data Protection Commission
We hope you are satisfied with our use of your data. However, you have a right to complain to the Data Protection Commission at Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois by telephone at 1890 25 2231 and/or by email to info@dataprotection.ie.