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Introduction

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (the Fiscal Council) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice outlines the ways the Fiscal Council processes personal data for the management of events it holds (conferences, seminars, webinars) and for distribution of communications (event and publication notifications, media communications).

• Event and Publication Notifications: Individuals may sign-up on our website to receive publications and events notifications via email. Subscribers are asked to submit their email address and if they wish they can also submit their name.
• Attendance at Events: Individuals may register to attend conferences, webinars, and seminars, in person or remotely. They are asked to provide details such as name, email address and organisation.
• Requests to Receive Media Releases: Members of the media who wish to receive embargoed Media Releases and media communications are asked to send email requests to press@fiscalcouncil.ie with his/her name, email address, media outlet and contact number.

Lawful Basis for Processing

In compliance with Article 6 of GDPR (and Chapter 2 Section 71 of the Data Protection Act 2018) we will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Under data protection law, there are six available lawful bases under which an organisation may process personal data. They are consent, contractual purposes, legal obligations, vital interests, public task, and legitimate interests.

The legal basis for which we process each category of personal data are as follows:

• Event and Publication Notifications: Consent via subscription.
• Event Management: Legitimate interest.
• Media Notifications: Legitimate Interest.

Consent means that an individual has given us clear, explicit consent to process their personal data for a specific purpose. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Legitimate interest means we have a legitimate business interest. When we process your personal data based on our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you and your data protection rights. Our legitimate interest as Ireland’s budget watchdog and in line with our mandate, is to provide an honest and independent assessment of how the Government is managing the public finances and the economy and to communicate research and analytical work on the Irish economy, macroeconomic forecasting, and fiscal policy.

Data Sharing – do we share personal data with third parties?

We use third-party cloud software to host and manage communications and event registration, and personal data such as email address, name and organisation may be stored on these platforms for a period of time. The Fiscal Council ensures that specific data protection guarantees have been provided by the service including where data are hosted and security credentials. The privacy notices of these providers are available here:

E-Communications distribution via Mailchimp: https://mailchimp.com/legal/

Event registration via Tito: Tito | Privacy Policy

Event registration notification, webinar hosting via Microsoft Teams/Forms or Zoom:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter/default.aspx

https://zoom.us/privacy

Data Retention – how long will data be stored for?

Consent may be withdrawn by an individual at any time for data processed on a consent basis. For data processed on a legitimate interest basis, it will be retained for as long as there is an associated business purpose for it. An individual may object to their data being processed on this basis.

For further information see Information Security Policy and Procedures and Record of Processing Activity.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at:

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Address: Whitaker Square (ESRI Building), Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin D02 K138

Email: admin@fiscalcouncil.ie

Phone: 00 353 (0)1 8632005

Right to Lodge a Complaint

Under data protection legislation an individual has a right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission if they consider that processing of their personal data is contrary to GDPR.

The contact details of the Commission are available at https://www.dataprotection.ie/