The National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE) will cease to operate from 1st September 2022.
The NCGE and its Management Committee, Léargas, the Department of Education, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Solas and ETBI have been carrying out significant work since earlier this year to prepare for the reorganisation of guidance support. A Transitions Working Group and additional sub-groups have been meeting regularly to co-ordinate the reorganisation.
For further information relating to ongoing and future support in place, click HERE
GDPR
Data Storage
Personal data in the European Union is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
NCGE / Euroguidance Ireland have taken steps to ensure that all data stored on our behalf is done so in accordance with GDPR.
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Additional Information for Schools
It is the responsibility of individual schools to ensure GDPR compliance and the updating of school policies where appropriate.
School management bodies are providing support to schools through the website
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Consent
NCGE/Euroguidance Ireland has consistently maintained a ‘double opt-in’ (also known as granular) approach for subscribers to 'ongoing communications'. This means that any person who subscribes must confirm their request twice. The first time is being when a user submits an email address to the web based form.
Lodging a Complaint and Supervisory Authority
NCGE/Euroguidance Ireland only processes your personal information in compliance with this privacy notice and in accordance with the relevant data protection laws.
If, however you wish to raise a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, please contact us directly, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
Accessing Your Personal Information (your data that we hold)
A subject access request (SAR) is a request for access to the personal information that NCGE / Euroguidance Ireland holds about you, which we are required to provide under the GDPR (unless an exemption applies).
The information that we provide is:
• the purposes of the processing
Moving Your Information (your right to portability)
Where possible NCGE/Euroguidance Ireland can share a digital copy of your information directly with you or another organisation. We will provide this information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Note, we can only share this information where it has been processed automatically (hard copy documents are excluded for portability) and was processed under your consent.
How Long We Keep Your Data
NCGE/Euroguidance Ireland only ever retains personal information for as long as is necessary and we have strict review and retention policies in place to meet these obligations.
Where you have consented to us using your details for ongoing communications, we will keep such data until you notify us otherwise and/or withdraw your consent.