Privacy Policy
Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) Training
Data Protection Notice
General Data Protection information applicable to all Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine customers is available here:
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/ef9f6-data-protection/
Information specific to the personal data being collected for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme is available here:
gov - Data Protection Privacy Notices (www.gov.ie)
1. Specified purpose:
Further to the general data protection provisions in the SCEP T&Cs here; each person enrolled in the scheme is required to complete a compulsory training course (online) the details of which will be notified to SCEP participants separately.
2. Legal basis:
Article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection regulation (GDPR) provides for processing of personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject; while Article 6(1)(e) provides for processing of personal data where it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
The ‘Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme’ is implemented pursuant to the CAP EU Regulations, including Regulations (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as relevant secondary legislation. Article 151 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Article 101 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 (Processing and Protection of Personal Data), places a legal obligation on Member States to collect personal data to facilitate the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan.
The Department may, for the purpose of aiding administrative efficiencies, use existing customer data for other purposes such as to claim and receive payments under CSP Schemes. The use of the data in this way is considered compatible with its original purpose of collection. Existing customer data means data that is submitted for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) and/or its successor scheme BDGP and BEEP were implemented pursuant to the Minister and Secretaries Act 1924 while SCEP is implemented pursuant to Regulations (EU) 2021/2115 and as well as relevant secondary legislation.
The proposed further processing of the personal data for the purpose of this scheme is considered compatible with its original purpose of collection, this includes the making of payments in respect of participation in schemes administered by the Department funded under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This is to facilitate, among other things, the fulfilment of the obligations placed on Member States and objectives of the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). This may cover areas such as management, control, audit and compliance, monitoring and evaluation obligations, and statistical purposes.
3. Recipients:
The following information is relevant to the use of your personal data by the training contractor:
Aurion Learning Ltd has been contracted to provide the platform for the training.
To access the platform, you will need:
- your herd number.
- A unique e-mail address. (one not used by any other user of the training)
This is so that they can create a unique log-in for each participant of the scheme and thus provide reports to DAFM on the progress of completion of the course for each individual.
4. Publication of data:
N/A
5. Transferred outside the EU:
N/A
6. Retention Period:
The training window is seven months approximately from April 2024 - 15 Nov 2024. The contractor will be asked to retain the data for a short time thereafter, no more than six months, until it has been confirmed that all participants have completed this mandatory training.
The data will be deleted by the contractor after this time, it will no longer be on their systems, and they will no longer have access to it.
Note that DAFM will retain the information on our systems for up to seven years for audit purposes.
7. Data provision being statutory or contractual obligation:
Statutory as per the Regulation for the Scheme
8. Automated Decision Making, including profiling:
N/A
9. Information from Third Party:
N/A
10. Technical information on data collected:
Technical information on the cookies used on the Gov.ie website is available at the following link: https://www.gov.ie/en/help/privacy-policy/?section=cookies
More information on the use of your data is available at gov.ie - Data Protection (www.gov.ie) on DAFMs website.