Privacy Notice

We collect and process information, including personal information, to provide effective and efficient services.

We collect personal information about you (including name, address, telephone number, postal/email address) in a number of ways including:

• When you apply for a passport, or apply for naturalisation.
• Complete a Census or survey return
• Providing Government and tourism services through the Welcome Centre
• Completing Election Registration forms
• Public sector employment applications and human resources functions
• Provision of IT support to Government Departments and Online Services
• Allocation of Freedom of Information requests
• Applications for Council of Ministers Public Appointments
• Applications for Crown Appointments
• Applications for International Development funding streams
• Administration of Planning Appeals

We will only process your personal information if there is a legal reason for us to do so. We may rely on:

• Your consent – if we rely on your consent to process your information you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Data Protection Officer for the relevant part of government 
• The need to meet a legal obligation in carrying out statutory government functions
• The need to meet a request you have made for information or a service
• The need to prevent or investigate suspected or actual violations of law
• The need to protect  public interest
• The need to retain information for historical or archiving purposes by the Public Record Office under the Public Records Act 1999 – more information on retention is available from the Public Record Office

Depending on how you interact with us we may process different information about you. Below you will find an overview of the categories of information that we may collect.

If you use a link to any website operated by a Department or Office of the Isle of Man Government, or any external website, you should make sure you read the privacy policy or fair processing notice on that website page to find out what it does with your information.

Information you provide to us directly

When you visit or use our website we may collect information sent to us by your computer, mobile phone, or other device. For example we may collect:

We will only keep your information for the minimum time necessary.

This may be to:

• To respond to an enquiry from you
• To continue to give you access to a service you have requested that is provided by another Department, Board or Office
• Confirm the transfer of information to the Department, Office or Board providing a service you have requested

The security and confidentiality of your information is very important to us.

We will ensure that:

• Safeguards are in place to make sure personal information is kept securely
• Only authorised staff are able to view your information
• Maintain security of the systems which hold personal information in line with ISO27001 standard
• We comply with the requirements of the PCI Security Standards Council

We may share your information:

• With or between other Government Departments, Boards and Offices to provide a service or information you have requested, where there are arrangements in place to do so
• The police or law enforcement agencies where there is a legal requirement to do so
• The courts on production of a valid court order

We will not sell to, or share, your personal information with other companies, organisations or individuals.

Individual Departments may share your personal information with other companies, organisations or individuals where there is a legal requirement to do so.

Your personal information will not be disclosed to any third party without your prior consent or where required to do so by law.

To ask if we hold personal information about you

You can ask to see what information we hold about you by submitting a Subject Access Request to the Cabinet Office Data Protection Officer.

You can review your personal information and ensure it is accurate

Where possible we will provide you with access to the information we hold about you so that you can view this information and provide a means for you to have this information changed if it is not accurate.

Alternatively you can ask for the information we hold about you to be changed by making a request to the Cabinet Office Data Protection Officer.

To remove your personal information

In certain circumstances you can ask for your information to be deleted. Please note that as part of the Isle of Man Government statutory functions some information may need to be retained.

You can request this by contacting the Cabinet Office Data Protection Officer.

To make a complaint

If you are unhappy with the way we deal with your personal information you can submit a complaint to the Cabinet Office Data Protection Officer who will work with you to resolve any issues.

The Information Commissioner is the independent authority responsible for upholding the public's information rights and promoting and enforcing compliance with the Island's information rights legislation. Further information can be found on the Information Commissioner's website.

You have the right to request the Information Commissioner to undertake an assessment as to whether the processing of your personal data has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2002. 

Contact details

Data Protection Officer of the Cabinet Office
Email address: DPO-CabOff@gov.im
Telephone: +44 1624 686779

Postal address:

Data Protection Officer
Cabinet Office
Government Office
Buck's Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3PN

This Privacy Notice may change. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Notice without your consent. If any significant change is made to this Privacy Notice we will provide a prominent notice on this website so that you can review the updated Privacy Notice. 

This Privacy Notice may be replaced, or more information added, when you send feedback, ask to use a service online or make a payment for a service through this website.

This privacy notice was last updated in May 2018.

Under the Data Protection Act 2002. you have a right of access to your personal data and to check the accuracy of that data by making a Subject Access Request.

A subject access request is made by contacting the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the Department, Office or Board that collects the information.

To make a request of the DPO for the Cabinet Office contact:

Data Protection Officer
Government Office
Buck's Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3PN

Email: DPO-CabOff@gov.im
Phone: +44 1624 686779

In certain circumstances a charge may apply.

Subject access requests must be responded to promptly and in any event within a maximum of 1 month.

The Information Commissioner is the independent authority responsible for upholding the public's information rights and promoting and enforcing compliance with the Island's information rights legislation. Further information can be found on the Information Commissioner's website.

You have the right to request the Information Commissioner to undertake an assessment as to whether the processing of your personal data has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2002.