COVID Review Privacy Notice

Isle of Man Independent COVID Review

The Independent Isle of Man Covid Review is an in-depth analysis of the Government's handling of the pandemic, which was set up following Tynwald's decision that a review was required. The Review Team operates at arms' length from Government and all other institutions, and the Chair alone determines who to speak to, and what material to gather. The Review will look at a wide range of matters including border closures, business support, financial support for individuals, the vaccination programme, school closures and so on.

The focus of the Independent Review is the Government response to the pandemic. In order to evaluate that response, the Review will want to hear about the effect of Government decisions on individuals, schools, businesses and others.

This is an Independent Review and not a Statutory Inquiry. A Statutory Inquiry, also called a Public Inquiry, is a specific type of investigation set down under the Inquiries (Evidence) Act 2003. Reviews and Inquiries are both independent processes to investigate an event or situation.

Sharing information

The law which allows the Department to share information with Cabinet Office for the purpose of the Independent Review is the Council of Ministers Information and Assistance Direction 2022 (SD No. 2022/0350), this is our lawful basis.

Article 6(1)(c) Legal obligation of the Applied GDPR applies, that the processing is necessary for the Department to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).

Your rights

Under Article 6(1)(c) data subjects have the right to:

Be informed
Right to access
Right to rectification
Right to restrict processing

The following rights do not apply:

Right to erasure
Right to portability
Right to object

The following right is not applicable:

Right to be informed of automated decision making including profiling

Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about how we process your personal information, you can speak to our Data Protection Officer regarding your rights.

Email: DPO-DHSC@gov.im
Phone: +44 1624 685013

In writing to:

Data Protection Officer, Department of Health and Social Care, 1st Floor Belgravia House, Circular Road, Douglas, IM1 1AE

Details of rights under the data protection legislation can be found in our general privacy notice on this page.

Additional information

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