Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2020
235. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the location the servers that hosted data relating to leaving certificate calculated grades is or are based; the company that hosts same; and if the site portal had an up-to-date SSL certificate at all times that Irish student data was hosted on such a server. [29831/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn registration for the Calculated Grades Student Portal, students were linked to a Privacy Notice for Students - Calculated Grades for Leaving Certificate 2020 in light of the postponement of the Leaving Certificate examinations.
This privacy notice detailed the categories of personal data that would be utilised in the processing of Calculated Grades. A copy of this privacy notice is available at https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Data-Protection/gdpr/parents-children/privacy-notice-students-calculated-grades-leaving-certificate-2020.pdf.
The student level data required for the system of Calculated Grades was hosted in Dublin by a third party, Microsoft Azure, for processing by Polymetrika Inc. All data processing by Polymetrika was authorised under a data processing agreement between this agent and the Department of Education and Skills.
The Calculated Grades Student Portal maintains an up to date SSL certificate.
