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CSO Panel Survey

Data Protection Transparency Notice

Survey Name

CSO Survey Panel

Survey purpose and legal basis

The CSO has randomly selected people from the population and using this survey has asked them to opt onto a panel. This survey will collect email and/or telephone number from respondents.

This panel will be used to complete 3-4 surveys over the next 12 months. The interviews will be conducted via the web or telephone. The default will be web but if the respondent is unable to complete the opt in survey or the main survey, they can take part by phone.

Respondents can opt out at any time.

This Survey is a voluntary survey carried out by the Central Statistics Office under Section 24 of the Statistics Act,1993.

Who uses the results?

The results of this survey are used to form a panel of respondents. This panel will be used for other CSO Surveys.

The results of CSO surveys are made available in aggregate form only, ensuring that it is impossible to identify individuals. The anonymised survey data may be provided to other government departments, approved organisations, and approved researchers for statistical purposes only.

Is your personal data confidential and how long will the data be retained?

Yes, all information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The confidentiality of data is provided for under sections 32, 33, and 34 of the Statistics Act, 1993, which sets out stringent confidentiality standards. These include the use of data for statistical purposes only, and the non-disclosure of data in an identifiable form.

The personal data collected to inform this survey will be stored for a maximum of three years . Respondents may choose to opt out at any time and their details will be removed from the panel.

The sources and categories of your personal data, where the data has not been collected directly from you:

N/A

For further information on this survey, your Data Protection rights and how your data is used please contact:

Tony Kelleher, Social Data Design - Innovation, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E, Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E

Tel: (+353) 21 453 5096 E-mail: tony.kelleher@cso.ie

Data Protection Information:

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission. Contact details: Office of the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland.
The right to request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or to object to the processing of your personal data.

However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

Central Statistics Office Data Protection Officer Contact Details:

DPO@cso.ie