No. There was a requirement to register as a controller or processor with the DPC under the Data Protection Acts 1988-2003 . No such obligation exists under the GDPR or the Data Protection Act 2018.
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The main examples of this are: The taxman or police do not have to disclose information held or processed to prevent crime or taxation fraud. Criminals cannot see their police files. Tax or VAT investigators do not have to show people their files.
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