Data Protection Act, 1988 41 of 50 https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1988/act/25/enacted/en/print.html?printonload=true Assistance to data subjects resident abroad 1. Each Party shall assist any person resident abroad to exercise the rights conferred by its domestic law giving effect to the principles set out in Article 8 of this convention. 2. When such a person resides in the territory of another Party he shall be given the option of submitting his request through the intermediary of the authority designated by that Party. 3. The request for assistance shall contain all the necessary particulars, relating inter alia to: a. the name, address and any other relevant particulars identifying the person making the request; b. the automated personal data file to which the request pertains, or its controller; c. the purpose of the request. Article 15 Safeguards concerning assistance rendered by designated authorities 1. An authority designated by a Party which has received information from an authority designated by another Party either accompanying a request for assistance or in reply to its own request for assistance shall not use that information for purposes other than those specified in the request for assistance. 2. Each Party shall see to it that the persons belonging to or acting on behalf of the designated authority shall be bound by appropriate obligations of secrecy or confidentiality with regard to that information. 3. In no case may a designated authority be allowed to make under Article 14, paragraph 2, a request for assistance on behalf of a data subject resident abroad, of its own accord and without the express consent of the person concerned. Article 16 Refusal of requests for assistance A designated authority to which a request for assistance is addressed under Articles 13 or 14 of this convention may not refuse to comply with it unless: 21.02.23, 18:36