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Dublin City Council’s Finance Department, Rates OƯice Privacy Notice

This Privacy notice explains how we collect, use, share and retain your personal data. It also outlines the legal basis for our processing and provides our contact details should you have any question.

Dublin City Council Rates OƯice is responsible for the collection of commercial rates on properties valued by Tailte Éireann (TÉ)

Your information is collected to enable us to process monies due to Dublin City Council in respect of commercial rates

Information collected by us is limited to contact details and financial details in the case where direct debit is the chosen method of payment.

The legal basis for processing the personal data is provided for under the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838, Local Government Reform Act 2014 and Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019

Your personal data may be shared with

  • Tailte Éireann – to facilitate the valuation of your rating
  • Dublin Town who operate the Business Improvement District ( BID ) – where the rating is within the BID parameter for the city
  • Relevant Bank – to facilitate a direct debit payment
  • Printing Company – to facilitate the printing of rate bills
  • Solicitors – legal requests re sale/ debt recovery etc
  • Trusted third parties who perform services for us, including receivers, liquidators etcvv
  • Statutory, regulatory and law enforcement authorities, as required by law

Your information is retained for 7 years after you cease to be an occupier liable to pay rates unless there is ongoing debt collection proceedings in which case your information will be kept until the monies owing are paid

For further information about the processing of your personal data, please contact Dublin City Council Rates OƯice on 01-2222171 for any queries

You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Dublin City Council.

You also have a right to have your personal data amended or removed in certain circumstances. To access your data or make a complaint please contact the Data Protection OƯice, Dublin City Council, Civic OƯices, Dublin 8, email [email protected] or Tel: 01 2223775. More detail is contained on our website address http://www.dublincity.ie/privacy-statement.

Finally, if you are not satisfied with how Dublin City Council responds to your request you can make a complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner by email [email protected], refer to their website for more information www.dataprotection.ie, or write to the Data Protection Commission, 6 Pembroke Row, Dublin 2, D02 X963.