Archive for data protection act
According to an article on the Register (here) over 900 police staff caught misusing databases
More than 900 police personnel were disciplined for unlawful data protection practices in the past three years, privacy campaigners have said.
Figures released by 36 police forces in England and Wales under freedom of information (FOI) requests by Big Brother Watch (BBW) stated that 904 police officers and civilian employees were disciplined for offences under the Data Protection Act in the three years up to 1 June 2011.
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The regulator said parents should be free to photograph their children in nativity plays, the Information Commissioner has said.
The advice was issued after a number of schools banned photography on their premises to protect pupils who were adopted or in foster care.
Earlier this week a father complained he was threatened with arrest at a school in Leicestershire.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said such photos did not breach the Data Protection Act.
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones says it is a common experience at this time of year for proud parents trying to take pictures of their children ...
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Creating a database of the 11million adults who work with children could ruin the lives of innocent people, the privacy watchdog warns today.
Richard Thomas, who is stepping down after more than six years as Britain’s first Information Commissioner, says he has serious concerns about the system being launched in October for the Independent Safeguarding Authority.
The ISA computer will contain detailed files on all the adults who work with children, whether professionally or as volunteers.
But it will not only record criminal convictions, but also any so-called soft intelligence on individuals – which could include unfounded allegations, rumours or gossip passed to ...
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Creating a database of the 11million adults who work with children could ruin the lives of innocent people, the privacy watchdog warns today.
Richard Thomas, who is stepping down after more than six years as Britain’s first Information Commissioner, says he has serious concerns about the system being launched in October for the Independent Safeguarding Authority.
The ISA computer will contain detailed files on all the adults who work with children, whether professionally or as volunteers.
But it will not only record criminal convictions, but also any so-called soft intelligence on individuals – which could include unfounded allegations, rumours or gossip passed to ...
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According to a report by the BBC workers accused of theft or damage could soon find themselves blacklisted on a register to be shared among employers. It will be good for profits but campaigners say innocent people could find it impossible to get another job…
….An online database of workers accused of theft and dishonesty, regardless of whether they have been convicted of any crime, which bosses can access when vetting potential employees. Later this month, the National Staff Dismissal Register (NSDR) is expected to go live.
Organisers say that major companies including Harrods, Selfridges and Reed Managed Services have already ...
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The following question was asked by Claire Curtis Thomas (PPS to Baroness Scotland of Astall QC), in the House of Commomns on 21st January 2008
Claire Curtis-Thomas (PPS to Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Attorney General), Law Officers’ Department, Crosby, Labour)asked the Secretary of State for Justice what data protection obligations there are on (a) police authorities, (b) NHS trusts and (c) social services departments to (i) amend and (ii) delete data collected through child protection investigations undertaken on the basis of incorrect clinical diagnosis. Hansard source
Michael Wills (Minister of State, Ministry of Justice) replied:-
The obligations on data controllers processing ...
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The following article by Richard Bird appears on the teaching expertise website (here)The Bichard report has been followed by a flurry of legislation and statutory guidance. Richard Bird looks at what’s changed and what still needs to happen in the world of child protectionOne of the problems in child protection is focus. What are we trying to protect children from?Archbishops support the idea that we are bringing up children in a ‘toxic society.’ The majority of child abuse occurs in the home. Schools are seen as hotbeds of bullying. The neighbourhood is, as we have seen tragically over the last ...
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The following article by Andrew Shanahan about CRB checks appeared in the Guardian on the 27th November.
Employers want to know whether job applicants have a criminal past, but whose interest is served by revealing false or irrelevant allegations? Andrew Shanahan opens the files More than one in four people reading this article will have a criminal record. If you include people with cautions, reprimands and final warnings on their record then the numbers are even higher. The majority of these ex-offenders are not hardened villains – on the whole, they are normal citizens who have discovered that even if their only ...
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On 21st November 2005 Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby, Lab) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what upgrades are being made to the hardware and software elements of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s IT system. Fiona Mactaggart (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office) repliedThe Commission is currently engaged in a project to implement an electronic records management system. This will enable it to discharge its duties under the Public Records Act 1958, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Office of Criminal Justice Reform has also recently agreed additional funding to maintain and approve the Criminal ...
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We have been asked to clarify whether or not Social Services Departments meet their legal obligations under the Data Protection Act by stating that they will only allow the person to see relevant records ut not provide them with an actual copy of it. Advice was sought from the Information Commissioners Office in Cheshire. The question asked was this: Does social services have to provide the social service records or are they allowed to offer the enquirer to come up and view them ? The answer given. “Social services can offer the enquirer the opportunity of coming up to view the documents. If ...
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This item was first published on the FACT website on 1st January 2005Happy New Year. Today also sees the implementation the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This provides a useful opportunity for F.A.C.T. to use the Act to serve the interest of its members. F.A.C.T. is therefore interested is setting up a special interest group regarding access to information both at a national and a local government level. If you have an interest in this are please contact the Secretary You can obtain more information about the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998 on the Information ...
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On the final day of the Bichard Inquiry into how Soham murderer Ian Huntley slipped through police vetting checks, BBC correspondent Lesley Ashmall gives her view of the proceedings. Covering the Bichard Inquiry has been a depressing business. When it began, the media assumed it would be a discussion on the pitfalls or otherwise of the Data Protection Act…However, very quickly it became apparent this was not about an act of Parliament, but was about the inaction of human beings…
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New guidelines on the Data Protection Act are set to be given to police to ensure information on suspects is stored and used properly. The move follows revelations that murderer Ian Huntley got a caretaker job at Soham school despite police knowing about sex allegations…..
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VITAL police intelligence on suspected sex offenders is being destroyed by forces across the country because officers are afraid of being disciplined for breach of the Data Protection Act, the Police Federation said yesterday….
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