Please remember this:
If you legitimise processing under Schedule 3, para 8 you still have to find
a Schedule 2 ground.
C
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> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Consent for processing data
> Date: 15 March 2000 10:22
>
> <<File Attachment: ENVELOPE.TXT>> <<File Attachment: FILE0001.HTM>>
> Kathy,
> Quoting from the BSI Guide to the Act (a VERY useful publication)...
>
> "Processing for medical purposes does not always require the data
> subject's
> consent when undertaken by 'health professionals'. This term is defined
> in
> section 69 of the Act. Nonetheless, wherever possible the patient's
> consent
> should be sought."
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Allan Yuill
> Corporate Services (IT)
> Council Offices
> 2, The Cross
> Kilmarnock KA1 1LR Phone: +(44)1563 57 6836
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> Mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clinical Effectiveness Mgr - Kathy Perkins
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 5:09 PM
> To: 'Mailbase'
> Subject: Consent for processing data
>
> I have been asked to clarify a point and will welcome help from the Group:
>
> Does the Clinic have to obtain consent from patients for the processing of
> data. We are required to keep a record of a patient's treatment and as I
> understand it, we have to obtain explicit consent for the processing of
> sensitive data. However, this has been queried and I would welcome
> clarification, or otherwise, of this point.
>
>
>
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