The national broadcaster had planned to publish details of the external activities of its top radio and TV stars, but ran into trouble with the data protection agency
The Data Protection Commission er took issue with the under-fire broadcaster’s plans to publish a register of external activities in the wake of the spending controversy.
The Data Protection Commission warned too they would not be afraid to use their powers to ensure the protection of individual data protection rights. The list that was eventually published had only anonymised information. The DPC said an informal meeting with RTE had only been for discussion and it was unclear to them how publication of the amount each star had received would help avoid “conflicts of interest”. The letter said: “Processing exact remuneration details appears superfluous to this objective.”
Data Protection Commission Freedom Of Information Catherine Martin
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