Hi Karine
I was doing a presentation for the DPLOs in my Council and this issue was
raised and unfortunately, I had the same response as yourself but
ultimately, I pointed out that it was the law.  I know this is not very
helpful and understand the issues the officers may have with this but it
could be that this is a person who is not normally violent - may be going
through a stressful time and lashes out then if it was me I would like to
know that even although I was put on the system at least I would be happy to
know that this could be reviewed, amended or deleted after a period of time.

I presume that currently anything which has been on there for a few years
may in fact stay there forever more which may in fact be a breach of the Act
in itself as the information may not be accurate.
I think there are going to be lots of probs with this one.
Doreen Broom
Data Administrator
Scottish Borders Council
Council HQ
Newtown St.Boswells
Melrose
Borders  TD6 0SA

Tel: 01835 826516
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karine Theis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 August 2001 12:38
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Violent warning markers-use in a Council
>
> Hi,
>
> One of our teams in Education holds a database about violent service
> users.
> Whilst discussing with them about how to make it compliant with the DPA I
> encountered some opposition to the idea of providing individuals with a
> fair
> information notice. The fear of that team's manager is that if individuals
> knew they are flagged on such a system, it could trigger more violent
> behaviour from them at the following visit of their staff.
> Obviously this raises the issue of balancing the rights of individuals to
> know what information is held about them against the safety of Council
> officers, especially those who have to work off-site and visit service
> users
> at their homes.
> Have other local authorities dealt with this issue and if yes, what has
> been
> their response ?
> Any other advice is welcome too.
>
> Karine Theis
> Data Protection Liaison Officer
> Education & Libraries
> Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
> Email:  [log in to unmask]
>
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