Traffic survey Inagh and Lahinch privacy notice
The purpose of this privacy notice is to describe, in clear terms, the personal data that traffic surveys process about individuals, why it is needed, the legal basis, how it is used and how individuals may interact with the council in relation their personal data and cameras for a traffic survey. It also outlines the rights of the individuals under data protection legislation.
Clare County Council also has a privacy statement which is a general document about how we approach data protection as an organisation and is available on the council's website.
Personal data is processed as part of the localised and short-term traffic camera installation in order to identify turning movement counts at two locations in connection with road safety improvements schemes. The counts will be of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. The council is obliged to protect such personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the provisions contained in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The purpose of the processing of personal data under this project is to:
- get accurate data in relation to traffic, cyclist and pedestrian movement at the specified locations.
- to inform the correct design process.
- to improve safety for all road users at these locations.
Two Traffic Survey cameras will be installed in one location and three will be installed in the second. One location is on the N67, main street Lahinch between the junction of Marine Parade and the junction of Station Road. The other location is in the village of Inagh on the N85 between the entrance to the Good House and the entrance to Route 85 Coffee Drive Thru. The surveys will be carried out on one weekday for a duration of 12 hours from 07:00-19:00 during the last two weeks of March 2024.
GPS coordinates for the camera locations are shown in the table below.
Lahinch ref 1, & 2
Inagh ref 3, 4 & 5.
| Survey Type | Ref | Coordinates | |
| Video Junction Turning Counts (JTC) including pedestrian movements |
Longitude (Degrees East) |
Latitude (Degrees North) |
|
| 1 | 52.933076 | -9.346444 | |
| 2 | 52.931425 | -9.345611 | |
| 3 | 52.877993 | -9.175824 | |
| 4 | 52.877501 | -9.175090 | |
| 5 | 52.877222 | -9.174462 | |
The legal basis to process personal data in the case of the road traffic surveys is the following:
- Article 6(1)e of the GDPR - the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of an official authority vested in Clare County Council. The official authority in this case derives from the Road Act, 1993 - Section 13 - Responsibility of road authorities for the maintenance and construction of local road and Section 78 - Powers of inspection and survey.
- The processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the council is subject, namely, Health, Safety and Welfare at Works Acts.
Personal data processed in the traffic surveys is:
- Incidence of cyclists, pedestrians, and vehicles. Images of cyclists and pedestrians and vehicles will be processed at a distance, angle and resolution that would prevent individuals from being identifiable
Access to the data is limited to the company engaged by Clare County Council to do the surveys, will record images of traffic (including pedestrian and cyclist traffic) such that individual persons are not identifiable. No personal data will be provide to the council an anonymized traffic movement data only will be provided to the council.
Third party access to personal data is not allowed, except in the very limited circumstances permitted by law. Access requests shall be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, the GDPR and the council's data protection policies and procedures.
There are no plans to transfer the personal data to a third country or international organisation.
Clare County Council subscribes to the national policy for retention and destruction of local authority records.
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6.0 Data subjects have a range of data rights
- Right of access by the data subject
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten')
- Right to restriction of processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object and automated individual decision-making
The council's data access request policy and procedures are available on www.clarecoco.ie or please contact dpa@clarecoco.ie
If you are not satisfied with a decision on your request for access to data or have concerns about personal data processing, you have the right to make a complaint to the Data Protection Commission, Canal House, Station road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland. Before doing so it is recommended that you contact Clare County Council (dpa@clarecoco.ie) to establish the circumstances. We may be in a position to resolve the problem in a timely manner.
The Data Protection Commission website www.dataprotection.ie has further details and the forms that are required to be completed if you wish to raise a concern or make a complaint.
The identity and the contact details of the controller:
Clare County Council,
New Road,
Ennis,
Co Clare
Telephone: (065) 6821616
Email: roads@clarecoco.ie
Website: www.clarecoco.ie
The contact details of the data protection officer:
Data Protection Office
Telephone: (065) 6846405
Email: dpa@clarecoco.ie
Page last reviewed: 07/03/24
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