# New agreement on Irish charity data to be revealed at conference

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/01/26/new-agreement-irish-charity-data-revealed-conference/
- Published: 2015-01-26T11:03:56+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Fundraising Ireland has announced a provisional agreement for a data protection 
code of practice for the charitable sector in Ireland.

The agreement is based on a recent survey conducted by Fundraising Ireland, the 
Irish Computer Society (ICS) and the [Association of Data Protection Officers](http://www.dpo.ie).

The ICS and Fundraising Ireland will engage with the charitable sector via consultation
workshops around the country to gain feedback and input into the agreement.

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A formal announcement will be made by Dara Murphy, Minister of State with Special
Responsibility for European Affairs and Data Protection at the [National Data Protection Conference 2015](http://www.dpo.ie/dpo/conference)
in Dublin Castle on 28 January.

The conference will include a special session and explanation of the data protection
code. There is a charity rate of €100 to attend the conference.

In 2011 the Office of Data Protection produced a set of guidelines for the charity
sector which included the following in relation to charities and data:

• Information must be fairly collected and all donors must be provided with adequate
notice of how their personal data will be processed.

• If a charity has information about people and wishes to use it for a new purpose,
the charity is obliged to give an option to individuals to indicate whether or not
they wish their information to be used for the new purpose.

• Only the minimum necessary personal data should be sought by charities.

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