But in this particular case, is sensitive personal data involved?
The union wants details of who is taking early retirement, and
details of staff timetables...
Maurice Frankel
Campaign for Freedom of Information
At 10:44 am +0000 5/11/02, Stuart Lynch wrote:
>Hello John
>Remember that details of a person's trade union membership are sensitive
>personal data under the DP Act. This reinforces Valerie's point about
>consent - it looks like explicit consent is the only Schedule 3 condition
>that would apply. Only guessing here, but I can't see staff timetable
>information being useful to a TU without identifying the individuals -
>presumably they want to be able to contact staff members and need to know
>where they are at any particular time.
>DP considerations aside, the whole area of providing info about employees to
>TU's is a minefield. Many people have very strong feelings about TU's and
>would be extremely angry if their information was passed to a TU without
>their consent. This actually happened to my former employer, and it took a
>long time to re-build the trust between employer and employees.
>Hope this helps.
>
>Regards
>Stuart Lynch
>Stuart Lynch Consulting
>Training/Consultancy in
>Privacy/Information Protection
>Tel 01704 870365
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>
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of jfowl
>Sent: 04 November 2002 10:52
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>Subject: Release of data to TU's
>
>
>We are seeking to establish recognition agreements with our TU's. Part of
>the agreement will identify the data that the TU wants the college to pass
>to them. Much of the data is general and non-personal but 2 items are, these
>being (1)Names of staff being granted early retirement and (2)Access to
>academic staff timetables.
>I am reasonably happy about giving the info in point (2) but believe we
>should not be passing the early retirement info to the TU.
>
>Has anyone hit this one before (I am a new mwmbwer of the list so may have
>missed earlier discussion)?
>Your advice will be much appreciated.
>
>John Fowl
>01992-411726
>Hertford Regional College
>
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