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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
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Community Engagement
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Accessibility & LanguageCompliance
Steps to be taken by unit/school/institute/centre heads to ensure compliance with GDPR:
- Review and have your team review the University Data Protection Policy and related policies and procedures.
- Make sure you and all the members of your team attend University Data Protection Training every 24 months. Details of upcoming training sessions and information on how to register are available here.
- In accordance with the University Data Protection Policy and related procedures, every year complete or update the University Records of Processing Activities (RoPA) for your unit. Follow the process as described on our GDPR-ROPA webpage.
- If collecting personal data from any individuals directly, ensure that they know who is collecting it (i.e. the University), for what purpose, what personal data is being collected, who is it being transferred to (if anyone), if there will be any transfers outside of the EEA. Include a link to the University Data Protection website so that the person from whom the data is being collected can be made aware of their data protection rights.
- If you have a data breach in your unit, please follow the University Data Breach Procedure, noting we only have 72 hours to report a breach to the Data Protection Commission, if required.
- If your unit receives a personal data access request, please email dataprotection@universityofgalway.ie as soon as possible. Note we have only 30 days to provide the data to the requester.
- If your unit is marketing externally, your unit/school/institute must have the consent of the individual and must be able to demonstrate that you have the consent.
- If your unit/school/institute is processing personal data on a large scale, profiling individuals, or using a new technology which impacts on individuals, then it must complete a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) using the University template available here. Please consult with the University Data Protection Officer as soon as possible before the start of your project.
- Privacy of the individual must be meaningfully at the core of any process or project you engage in. This means that you must consider the rights of the individual in every process and project you engage in.
- If you or a member of your team are engaged in Health Research you must abide by the Health Research Regulations, details of which are available here.
- If you are using a third party to process personal data, then you must ensure that the third party abides by the University Data Processing Terms and Conditions, a copy of which is available here.
Other practical tips:
- Please ensure you and your team keeps up to date with the ISS Security training available at: IT Security - University of Galway
- Ensure Office doors are locked and closed if you are the last person leaving the office.
- Do not leave doors ajar when leaving except in the cases of emergency or health and safety reasons.
- Staff access to closed offices must be reviewed with security.
- Ensure that personal data is kept secure and is not accessible to passers-by.
- Do not leave personal data lying around.
- File personal data away appropriately.
- Regularly review access to all SharePoints, systems, servers and directories and disable access or permissions as required.
- New colleagues must be inducted into unit GDPR Guidelines and University Policies and Procedures available on the University website.
- Please ensure your team uses the secure University of Galway systems available.
- Please ensure that each of your team use a strong password and regularly update it.
- Please ensure that each of your team enable auto lock on phones and computers so that if a person steps away from their desk, the phone or computer password-protects itself.
- Please ensure all computers are logged off before leaving the office for the evening.
- Do not use unencrypted portable devices such as USB memory sticks.
- Change passwords and pins regularly and do not give them to others.
- When sharing personal data, what personal data are you sharing and why does the recipient need to see this data?
- Never put any personal data or University confidential data into any generative AI tools.
