Application to the State
91. (1) This Act binds the Republic.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, each government department shall be
treated as a data controller.
(3) Each department shall designate an officer to act as a data supervisor.
(4) Where the purposes and the manner in which the processing of
personal data are determined by a person acting on behalf of the Executive,
Parliament and the Judiciary, the data controller in respect of that data for the
purposes of this Act is
(a) in relation to the Executive, the Chief Director,
(b) in relation to Parliament, the Clerk to Parliament, and
(c) in relation to the Judiciary, the Judicial Secretary.
(5) A different person may be appointed under subsection (4) for a
different purpose.
Transmission of notices by electronic or other means
92. (1) A requirement that a notice, request, particulars or application
to which this Act applies shall be in writing is satisfied where the text of
the notice, request, particulars or application
(a) is transmitted by electronic means in a manner specified by
the Commission,
(b) is received in legible form, and
(c) is capable of being used for subsequent reference.
(2) The Minister may by Regulations exempt a notice, request, particulars
or application from these requirements.
Service of notices by the Commission
93. (1) A notice authorised or required by this Act to be served on or
given to a person by the Commission may
(a) if that person is an individual, be served on that individual by
delivery to that individual,
(i) by post addressed to that individual at that
Individual’s usual or last known place of residence or
business,
(ii) by leaving the notice at that individual’s usual or last known
place of residence or business, or
(iii) by sending it to an electronic mail address specified by the
individual for service of notices;
(b) if that person is a body corporate or unincorporated, be served
on that body
(i) by post to the principal officer of the body at its
principal office,
(ii) by addressing it to the principal officer of the body and
leaving it at that office, or
(iii) by sending it to an electronic mail address specified by the
body for service of notices under this Act; and
(c) if that person is a partnership, be served on that partnership
(i) by post to the principal office of the partnership,
(ii) by addressing it to that partnership and leaving it at