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Privacy Statement

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office was established as an independent statutory body under the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002. The Ombudsman for Children has two primary functions; to investigate complaints made against public bodies, schools and voluntary hospitals and to promote the rights and welfare of children.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office member’s area is the only area where personal information is collected by the OCO website. This information is volunteered to the OCO as part of the registration process for the office. The information we have requested is for the purposes of keeping members informed of the work of the Office and any other information OCO feels is relevant to its members.

We will use this information to pass on only information we believe to be relevant to members via e-mail or text message. To ensure this relevance we will use the information volunteered by people registering, such as location, gender and age.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office will not pass this personal information on to any third party without the express permission of the person to whom the information pertains.

Under section 4 of the Data Protections Act a person has a right to be given a copy of his/her personal data. If you would like a copy of such data the OCO will need an official form of identification along with a Subject Access Request in writing, either by email to oco@oco.ie or in writing to:

Ombudsman for Children’s Office

Millennium House

52-56 Great Strand St

Dublin 1

Under section 6 of the Acts, a person has a right to have his/her personal data corrected, if inaccurate, or erased, if there is not a legitimate reason for the retention of this data. There is no fee for this. OCO shall comply within 40 calendar days of the receipt of such a request.

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The Ombudsman for Children’s Office take its security responsibilities seriously in relation to the retention of data through the OCO website and endeavours to take all necessary physical and technical measures to ensure that information collected is secure. The Ombudsman for Children’s office will regularly review these measures.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office will routinely review all data supplied to the OCO through the website to ensure that all information stored is necessary.

If you have any queries regarding the collection of information by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office you can submit them in writing to the office or by email to oco@oco.ie.