Illustration: Paul ScottChartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) has raised data protection concerns relating to the new online employer registration portal for the incoming auto-enrolment pensions system. In accountancy practices, firm principals typically hold full certificates, while staff members use sub-certificates with restricted access to specific tax numbers, the CAI highlighted in the email. This means that sub-certificates, despite being restricted on ROS, appear to have unrestricted visibility on the auto-enrolment portal,” Ms Clohisey said in the email. Even unintended visibility of who is enrolled constitutes a potential data breach under EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) principles, it said. A spokeswoman for the department said that employers, as data controllers, are responsible for data access.

Source: The Irish Times December 09, 2025 09:01 UTC