Privacy Notice for the transfer of benefit recipient data to the Department of Finance (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency)
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This privacy notice from the Department for Communities (DfC) tells our customers and service users how we process your personal data in accordance with our legal obligations under the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR).
Information provided by you to the Department of Communities for the purpose of processing your social security benefit claim will be shared with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Your data will be matched to other information that NISRA hold and used to support the production of population and migration estimates, in order for NISRA to meet their legal obligations and public functions, and to assist with the undertaking of the NI Census