Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2007
146 Deputy Damien English asked the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that personal information relating to members of the public held on his departmental databases is safe from hackers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34288/07]
View answerTo protect personal data within my Department, we comply fully with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 and the National Archives Act 1986 in managing both electronic and paper based records. My Department applies best practice and uses industry standard security protection devices and software to protect its network from hackers. In addition to this, access to personal information held electronically within my Department is controlled by application security and confined to relevant authorised personnel only.
