Brenda, I don't understand - if he's not an employee then presumably you
won't have information about him in 'structured' manual files so he doesn't
have SAR rights related to his personal data in his wife's (or anyone
else's) personnel file until 2005.
Or is it that all the information is on computer and easy to search / find?
If so, do you HAVE to disclose? Guess that depends on what information is
held, how obtained and from whom. What are the grounds that HR are using for
non-disclosure? That the information held about him was provided in
confidence by a third party?
But even then you'd have to balance common law duty of confidentiality to
that third party against his right to (a) have access to the data and (b)
prevent further processing and (c) have it corrected, if incorrect, or
details of his version of events appended etc.
If his wife / your employee made the SAR - theoretically you'd need his
consent to disclose the bits about him to her or else delete as 3rd party!
Seems like a real can of worms, good luck! Kirsty.
Kirsty E Gray
Information Rights Officer
Gateshead Council
Tel. No: (0191) 433 2170
Fax. No: (0191) 478 2755
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda Scourfield [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 September 2002 10:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Internal Investigation
We have received an SAR from the husband of an employee who is currently
the subject of an harrasment investigation. He (not an employee) has been
complained about having got involved in obstructing the person accused of
harrassment.
Apparently, he has been named in various documents, minutes of interviews
etc. Personnel are claiming that they do not need to disclose.
This afternoon, copies of all documents are being supplied to his wife (3rd
parties deleted).
Question - do we have to disclose, obviously deleting 3rd party references
if their permission to disclose has not been given ?
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