Appendix 2

Data protection

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

Canal House
Station Road
Portarlington
Co. Laois.

• LoCall: 1890 25 22 31
• Phone: 00353 57 868 4800
• Fax: 00353 57 868 4757
• Email: [email protected]

You can register as a data controller online at www.dataprotection.ie or by post. The ICGP has produced several useful guides to different aspects of patient confidentiality and IT security. They can be downloaded from the ICGP’s website. We particularly recommend Managing and Protecting the Privacy of Personal Health Information in Irish General Practice (November 2003), which has been endorsed by the Data Protection Commissioner.