Data Protection
The Department of Justice(DOJ) is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of all individuals in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, 2016/679 (GDPR) as given further effect in Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018.
The Department’s Data Protection Policy sets out how DOJ secures and manages personal data in accordance with the Principles of GDPR. It can be viewed by clicking on the following link – Department of Justice Data Protection Policy. The Policy also explains how you can request access to your personal data.
The Data Protection Officer for the Department can be contacted at [email protected].
Website Privacy Statement
This privacy statement explains how Inspector of Prisons collects and uses information about you, based on your visits to this website. You also have a right to obtain personal data about you kept by Inspector of Prisons. This is explained in our Data Protection Policy referenced above.
How we collect and use personal information
Inspector of Prisons does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from the personal data which you volunteer by sending us an email or completing our online feedback form.
Your personal data, submitted in this way, will be processed in order to respond to your request or otherwise address the subject matter of your mail. It may also be used to compile statistics.
Your personal data will not be used for any other purpose and will not be released to any third party.
Cookies
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Cookie Usage
The following tables include a list of cookies that can be used on this website. This includes “strictly necessary” which are loaded when the content of the website is loaded. We cannot deliver the website to you without setting these cookies. You can change your cookie preferences by selecting or deselecting the checkboxes accordingly and clicking “Save”. Here is a description of the various cookie categories.