All personal data processed by Mervue Laboratories Ireland will take place in accordance with the law on Data Protection and will only be for the purposes connected to the functions of these Businesses.
Mervue Laboratories Ireland staff are also considered as customers of these Businesses from a Data Protection perspective and may exercise their data protection rights in the same way.
Mervue Laboratories Ireland are fully committed to keeping all personal data submitted by its customers, fully safe and secure during administrative processes. All necessary technical measures have been put in place to ensure the safety and security of the systems which hold this data.
At times personal data may be used in an IMT test environment to ensure that the IMT service delivered will meet the requirements of the service/function for our customers. Where possible, we will limit the use of personal data in this way and aims to anonymise and pseudonymise such data.
Transparency and openness in the use of personal data held is important to us and therefore we aim to fully inform all our customers about the purpose(s) for which their data is used and why, where it is shared, and how long their data is held. Information on the rights of the customers and how to exercise these rights are also provided.
If we receive any information which leads us to believe that a criminal offence may have taken place, we will use all data available, including personal data, to pursue any necessary investigation and/or prosecution as provided for under the terms of the Law Enforcement Directive (EU 2016/680).
Terms and conditions documentation attached to Schemes and/or information provided to our customers on application forms have been substantially amended to provide for the additional data protection information which should be provided to our customers under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data Protection information will be updated on this page from time to time.
The current legislation for Data Protection in Ireland is the Data Protection Act 1988 as amended by the 2003 Data Protection Act, The Data Protection Act 2018 and The General Data Protection Regulations (EU 2016/679) which came into effect on 25 May 2018. (It should be noted that the 1988 Data Protection Act as amended in 2003 will likely be repealed in full, in due course).
Under Data Protection Legislation, Mervue Laboratories Ireland as data controllers are responsible for the collection and processing of all personal data under its administration.
The Data Protection Officer can be contacted as follows:
Data Protection Officer
Mervue Laboratories Ireland
Unit 9 Watergrasshill Business Park
Watergrasshill, Co. Cork
Ireland
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 021 4391080
All personal data processed by Mervue Laboratories Ireland, will take place in accordance with the law on Data Protection and will only be used for the purposes connected to the functions of these businesses.
When you, as a customer, provide personal data to us you have certain rights available to you in relation to that data. However, it should be noted that not all rights listed shall be applicable in every circumstance. These rights are outlined below and can be exercised by contacting the Data Protection Officer, as detailed above, indicating which right(s) you wish to exercise:
Currently our customers have the following rights (up to 24 May 2018)
From 25 May 2018 onwards all Department customers can also avail of, where applicable, the following additional rights
At the point of collection of your personal data (e.g. in the application form) information should be provided on where the personal data you are providing will be shared. At all times it will only be shared where there is a valid legal basis to do so and in accordance with the appropriate Data Protection legislation.
Where personal data is collected and a research/statistics purpose is deemed compatible with the purpose for collection, then it may be shared for this purpose. Where possible information on this will be provided to the customer at the point of data collection, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Where possible we will anonymise or pseudonymise (mask) personal data so that the personal data will only be available to those who have a clear business need to see it.
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