I agree with Ian. I understood the legal obligation to be a personal one.
I.e. I am legally obliged to give my own details for the electoral roll, but
not anyone else's.
Ifeoma Nwolie
Data Protection and Confidentiality Officer
NHS Information Authority
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 14 August 2002 13:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ERO Disclosures
In a message dated 14/08/2002 12:36:26 GMT Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
<< "Schedule 2 5(b) and Schedule 3 7(b) states that you may disclose under
any
enactments and legally we are obliged to register our details on the
Electoral Roll (please note that is the correct spelling of Roll - not
"Role") as well as complying with the Disability Discrimination
Act...Basically, I still have my doubts but OIC has spoken.... >>
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Surely this cannot be right. There is no obligation in the RPA2000 to
reveal
details of disabilities, therefore the "legal obligation" argument does not
apply. If the person at the OIC does not know the RPA2000 then their advice
is at best unsound.
The DDA does not require us to distribute disabled people's medical details
without consent, it requires us to respond to known disabilities with
appropriate measures.
I cannot believe that the OIC advisor had the full facts at his/her
fingertips.
Ian Buckland
Managing Director
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