The disclosure of the fact that a person is not recorded
on a criminal record system.
on a bad debtors database is a disclosure
on a university alumni role
on a hire purchase information system
are all disclosures.
Information indicating the lack of information is a disclosure, because when
you add that no trace to where it is coming from, it does indicate
information about individuals.
Ian W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Couldrey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: To be or not to be
> In response to Ian from Keepitlegal, is acknowledging the existence of
> personal data the same as disclosing personal data?, am I in breach of the
> act to confirm existence of data?
>
> Paul Couldrey
> Wolverhampton Council
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Parry [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 12 February 2001 11:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: To be or not to be
>
>
> One of my users has asked the following question:
>
> When I am asked by the police to confirm whether or not a person was in
> attendance as a student and cannot actually find the person in our
records,
> can I inform the police that I have no record of that person? Obviously I
> have no way of contacting the person to gain their consent.
>
> My own advice was that he/she should refuse to confirm or deny the
existence
> of records until the police provided the correct paperwork, because If
> he/she confirmed no records in one case, it therefore suggests that in
other
> cases records may exist by failing to confirm no records.
>
> This sounded a bit Kafaesque as I wrote it so I thought I'd seek any
> thoughts colleagues may have.
>
> Owen Parry
> Pennaeth Cyfrifiadura Gweinyddol/
> Head of Administrative Computing
> Prifysgol Cymru/
> University of Wales
> Tel: (029) 2038 2656 Ffacs/Fax: (029) 2039 6040
>
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