Law Enforcement Requests in Compliance with the GDPR

A Law Enforcement Entity may include An Garda Síochána, Revenue and Customs.

Data Protection Acts 2018 states:

Sec. 41. "Without prejudice to the processing of personal data for a purpose other than the purpose for which the data has been collected which is lawful under the Data Protection Regulation, the processing of personal data and special categories of personal data for a purpose other than the purpose for which the data has been collected shall be lawful to the extent that such processing is necessary and proportionate for the purposes -
(a) of preventing a threat to national security, defence or public safety
(b) of preventing, detecting, investigating or prosecuting criminal offences, or
(c) set out in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 47."

A member of a Law Enforcement Entity can make a Data Access Request to Electric Ireland by emailing:  

section41request@electricireland.ie

The request should cite the relevant statutory provision (e.g. Section 41(b) of the Data Protection Act 2018) and be on an official request form. A full description of the information being requested should be provided.   Following receipt of the written request, we may need to speak to the requesting member directly to clarify certain details.

Requests from a Law Enforcement Entity made verbally, whether in person or by phone, will not be facilitated.