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Please note that this Transparency Notice relates to the Safety of the Person Pilot Survey which is no longer running.

View the Transparency Notice for the full Safety of the Person Survey which is now running or learn more about the Safety of the Person Survey

Survey Name

Safety of the Person Survey - Pilot

Survey purpose and legal basis

Under Data Protection legislation, individuals have a number of rights in relation to the personal data an organisation holds about them. The purpose of this notice is to inform you, as a Safety of the Person survey participant, about the data processed by the by the CSO, how these data are handled and what your rights are.

The Safety of the Person Survey (SOP Pilot) is a voluntary survey carried out by the Central Statistics Office under Section 24 of the Statistics Act, 1993.
The purpose of the SOP pilot is to test the feasibility of a web-based data collection approach, the questionnaire and field operations before undertaking the main survey.
The purpose of the main survey will be to provide data on the personal safety of individuals in Ireland. Data that are collected include aspects such as; harassment, mistreatment, and attitudes towards these topics. Demographic details including date of birth, gender and citizenship are also collected.
Any information gathered to inform this survey is subject to the restrictions of use and prohibition of disclosure under sections 32, 33, and 34 of the Statistics Act, 1993.

Who uses the results?

There will be no statistical publication or release from this pilot due to the fact this is a pilot study. The data on the outcomes, i.e., response rates, item non-response, unit non-response will be used to improve the main survey design. The anonymised results will be contained in a report on the pilot which will be shared with relevant stakeholders.

Is your personal data confidential and how long will the data be retained?

Yes, all information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The confidentiality of data is provided for under sections 32, 33, and 34 of the Statistics Act, 1993, which sets stringent confidentiality standards. These include the use of data for statistical purposes only, and the non-disclosure of data in an identifiable form.
The personal data collected to inform this survey will be stored for a maximum of four months. In addition, the response to the questionnaire will immediately be separated from the personal identifiers, providing further anonymity to responses.

The sources and categories of your personal data, where the data has not been collected directly from you:

Not applicable

For further information on this survey, your Data Protection rights and how your data is used please contact:

Helen McGrath, Social Analysis Division, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E.
Tel: +(353) 21 453 5341 E-mail: sop@cso.ie

Data Protection Information:

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission. Contact details: Office of the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland.
  • The right to request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or to object to the processing of your personal data.

However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

Central Statistics Office Data Protection Officer Contact Details: