I would have thought that if someone was putting her/himself up for
promotion then they would not have objections to disclosure of their
personal data and by putting themselves in this position surely they are
giving consent.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Brown [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 31 January 2001 11:35
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Members of the Governing Body
>
> Paula's recent question about local authority councillors and access to
> personal data makes me wonder what, if anything, needs to be done in
> relation to the members of the governing bodies of universities. For
> example, our governing body is Council; some members (academic) are
> employees of the University, but others (lay) are not - though all members
> of Council are 'members of the University' according to our Statutes. As
> a
> body they don't have access to much personal data, though individual
> members
> sit on things like the Promotions Committee, where they will have access
> to
> quite a lot of personal data.
>
> I'll be happy if someone can tell me this is a non-issue, but if it isn't
> what do we need to do - get all members of Council to notify as data
> controllers? put contracts in place with them? Or will a statement
> outlining Council member's dp responsibilities in our Code of Practice
> cover
> it?
>
> Best wishes
> Craig
>
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> Craig S R Brown
> Senior Administrative Assistant
> Registrar's Office
> University of Leicester
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> Leicester
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>
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