Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

background, in addition to the email threads submitted with the complaint. The DPC conducted a voluntary interview with the DPO who held that position at the relevant time. The DPC also had regard to statements submitted to the DPC by the Department’s Secretary General and DPO respectively. The DPC also analysed the Department’s relevant internal emails between 4 - 6 July 2018 concerning the amendment to the Privacy Statement. Having regard to all of the relevant information, the DPC found that: The Department involved their DPO, properly and in a timely manner, in the Department’s amendment to its Privacy Statement as implemented on 6 July 2018. Therefore, the Department did not infringe Article 38(1) of the GDPR in the circumstances. The Department did not provide any instructions to the DPO regarding the exercise of the tasks referred to in Article 39 of the GDPR in respect of the Department’s amendment to its Privacy Statement as implemented on 6 July 2018. Therefore, the Department did not infringe Article 38(3) of the GDPR in the circumstances. For more information, you can download a copy of the full decision at this link: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection May 2021 (PDF, 1,234 KB).