Data Protection

Effective Date: November 2022

Here is a summary of our Data Protection Statement. The full Statement/ Privacy Notice is also available.

We also have a Privacy Notice for Children and Young People.

If you have any questions about this Data Protection Statement or any of our Privacy Notices or the way in which your Personal Data is being used by us, please contact:

Data Protection Officer

The Special EU Programmes Body, 

The Clarence West Building 

2 Clarence Street West 

Belfast BT2 7GP 

Email: dataprotection@seupb.eu

Telephone: +44 28 9026 6660

“Personal Data” means data which identifies a person or could identify a person, such as their name, contact details and internet Protocol (IP) addresses. It applies to Personal Data that we process in connection with your relationship with us as a project partner, project participant, accountable department, employee, supplier, visitor to our website or prospective employee. 

Every individual has a right to understand how their Personal Data is being used and to exercise control over it using data protection rights which are set out in Data Protection laws, including the Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data Protection Regulation, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). This Data Protection Statement seeks to ensure that you know:

• what Personal Data we collect from you; 
• what we are doing with your Personal Data;
• that we will only use your Personal Data for the purposes set out in our Data Protection Statement/Privacy Notice ; here.
• your rights, and how you can exercise control over your Personal Data. 

We make the following commitments. We will:

• not send you marketing emails if you do not want to receive them;
• always ensure that we only share your Personal Data with third parties where absolutely necessary and with appropriate safeguards in place; 
• ensure appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to protect your Personal Data and keep it secure. 

You can access our full Data Protection Statement/Privacy Notice. In it we provide further information about what Personal Data we collect, what we use it for, why we collect it and what our legal basis is, who we share it with and how long we retain it. We also provide detailed information about your rights in relation to your Personal Data, including how you can access any Personal Data we hold about you. If you wish to access any Personal Data we hold about you, please complete this Subject Access Request.

If you have further questions, please get in touch with us at dataprotection@seupb.eu 

If you consider that the processing of your Personal Data infringes either the UK or the EU GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in the country where you reside, where your place of work is or the place of the alleged infringement): 

The contact details for the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland are: 

Online Form: https://forms.dataprotection.ie/contact 
Address: 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland 
Tel: +353 578 684 800 or +353 761 104 800

The contact details for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) UK (Belfast) are: 

Email: ni@ico.org.uk 
Address: The Information Commissioner’s Office – Northern Ireland, 3rd Floor, 14 Cromac Place, Belfast, BT7 2JB 
Tel: 028 9027 8757 / 0303 123 1114