Data commissioner ‘entirely unsatisfied’ with departments’ oversight policies

Billy Hawkes, the Data Protection Commissioner, has criticised how many public service sectors handle personal data, particularly the Department of Social Protection.

Mr Hawkes said he was “entirely unsatisfied” with the oversight arrangements which operate in many Government departments.

Addressing a conference on data protection in Dublin, he singled out the Department of Social Protection for criticism over the quality of its data governance.