Waterford Institute of Technology (Register of Users)
From Department of Social Protection
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From Department of Social Protection
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Last updated on
Updated: May 2018
Yes.
The PPS No. is obtained for all employees of the Institute. It is obtained by Human Resources prior to or shortly after a person is set up and is paid in payroll.
It is also used for the students of the Institute. It is provided to the Institute via the following routes:
The uses are as follows:
We may actually on occasion liaise with SUSI. SUSI provides the PPS no's of students to WIT (on files loads to WIT) for which we may use to assist in matching that SUSI approved student to a WIT Student record. There are many fields that we cross reference i.e. Name, Address DOB etc. We do not supply PPS no's to SUSI but on occasion if we have a SUSI approved file with reference to a student that we cannot find on our system then we may engage with SUSI to determine if we can match the said student.
QQI FE when entering students results for all QQI FE programmes run by the Institute on the QQI FE portal.
The PPS number is exchanged with:
No.
‘Yes, WIT under GDPR regulations, will keep personal data only for specified and lawful purposes, will obtain and process the data fairly, if storing the data will keep it accurate and up-to-date and will process it only in ways compatible with the purposes for which it was initially given. A number of policies have been created nationally relating to data protection to ensure processes and procedures are followed by all those who manage and handle data.’