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> 	I would add a few more questions to your list.
> 
> 	What are the implications re; the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act?
> 	What are the implications re:Protection of Children Act?
> 	How do we manage List 99?
> 	Doesn't UCAS already ask for this information?
> 	What about Part V of the Police Act 1997?
> 	What are the Health and Safety Act implications regarding students
> with convictions for violence?
> 	
> 
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> Finally, I quote from Data Protection News Autumn 1998, p18 which refers
> to Home Office figures:
> 
> "33% of males under age of 35 and 8% of females under age of 35 have a
> criminal conviction"
> 
> Sorry about all the questions, but this is a very big subject. 
> 
> I have put some replies to your questions below,
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Lloyd
> 
> Assistant Head (Academic)
> ISaCS
> University of Glamorgan
> Llantwit Road
> Treforest
> Pontypridd CF37 1DL
> 
> tel: 01443 482417
> email: [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
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> From: 	Amber Thomas
> Reply To: 	Amber Thomas
> Sent: 	Tuesday, October 3, 2000 10:31 AM
> To: 	[log in to unmask]
> Subject: 	UCAS applicants and previous convictions
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I have heard that in the future there will be a box on the Universities
> and Colleges Association form in which the applicants state whether they
> have a previous criminal conviction. This reflects the need of some
> courses, (medical, teaching, social work etc?) to collect this data on
> applicants for local admissions regulations. If this was to become
> standard practice, there may also be implications for the wider
> institutional management, such as the scenario of a convicted thief
> stealing from their halls of residence when the institution has knowledge
> of that prior conviction.
> 
> This possibility raises several questions:
> 1) Should completing the box be mandatory? For some courses, yes. It will
> be a contractural requirement to have an Enhanced Criminal Records
> Certificate check. However, beware of enforced subject access.
> 2) What happens if applicants fail to disclose such information, ... what
> is UCAS's / the institution's position? if the information is necessary
> for the contract, then failure to disclose will be a breach of that
> contract.
> 3) Would institutions automatically be supplied with this data, regardless
> of Course? Major Data Protection implications with this.Informed consent,
> adherence to Data Protection Principles, security standards etc...
> 4) Would institutions be liable for the behaviour of the applicant once
> that information had been made available?Not if their procedures are
> demonstrably adequate.
> 5) What are the data protection implications? major
> 6) What are the human rights implications?  wait and see
> 
> We would welcome your thoughts.
> 
> 
> Julie Evans, Assistant Corporate Information Systems Co-ordinator
> and Amber Thomas, Assistant Information Strategies Co-ordinator
> Joint Information Systems Committee
> 
> 
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> Amber Thomas
> Assistant Information Strategies Coordinator
> Joint Information Systems Committee
> C35 Cherry Tree Buildings
> University of Nottingham, Nottm NG7 2RD
> Tel: 0115 8466054
> Fax: 0115 9514791
> email: [log in to unmask]
> url: www.jisc.ac.uk/info_strat/
> 
> 
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