Ian,
As you query seems to have been met by a deafening silence, I would comment
by saying that I understood from the Information Commissioners' initial
guidance on the Act that documentation involved in a management
decison-making process was not accessible to an SAR until the results of
that process had been declared.
Keith Fisher
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> From: Ian Wilson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 19 December 2001 10:10
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> Subject: Student Appeals re Decisions of Boards of Examiners -
> Disclosure of Information
>
> I would be interested in hearing how other HEIs are dealing with
> the issue of disclosure, in response to a subject access request,
> of information which is collected for the purpose of responding to
> a student appeal against the decision of a Board of Examiners.
>
> Within MMU there is a view is that such information is protected by
> 'privilege'.
>
> In my view there is nothing in the DPA which exempts
> such information from disclosure to a data subject, either while an
> appeal is 'ongoing' (however undesirable it might seem to be from
> an institution's point of view to release such information during this
> period) or when a response or decision has been made.
>
> An example of data which in my view would be disclosable is
> correspondence provided by the department in which a student is
> based to the office responsible for handling the appeal - and
> which will contribute to the decision as to whether there are
> grounds for appeal and to a decision on the appeal.
>
>
> Ian Wilson
> Acting University Secretary
> The Manchester Metropolitan University
> Ormond Building, Lower Ormond Street,
> Manchester M15 6BX
> Tel: 44 (0)161-247 1060
> Fax: 44 (0)161 247 6868
>
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