An interesting question posed to me today!!!
Employees (potential employees at least) are often routinely 'vetted' or
'police-checked' where they will have physical substantial unsupervised
access to children and/or vulnerable adults.
What about staff who have access to computerised or manual
information about children, etc, be it 'case files' or whatever, even
though there is no physical contact required by the job? Clearly they
should be made aware of their DP responsibilities the same as anyone,
but in that this is potentially very sensitive information, should they be
subject to further vetting as well?
This was in the context of both council staff and contractors acting on
our behalf. I'm not sure what the rules are from the police end - will they
check anyone you ask them to - and I guess if the employee / contractor
consents to the check, there is less of a problem. But can we insist that
employees given such access consent to a police check? Can we
refuse to award a contract if the bidder will not agree to it?
Comments welcome.
Dave Uppington
DPO
South Glos Council
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