Dear All
I have actually read the whole Shepway advice and Carolyn is correct to say
that it turned on the vires of council tax usage for secondary purposes. I
personally thought it was a too narrow interpretation.
My views are set out in my article mentioned previously.
Ibrahim Hasan
www.actnowtraining.co.uk
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From: "Carolyn Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] sharing database information
> Speaking from a local govt perspective - in very simplistic terms a
> public body has to ask itself two questions:-
> 1. Does the organisation have the legal authority to share the info? (Or,
> are there any specific constraints on us preventing us sharing this
> info?)
> 2. If there is a power, does the act of sharing comply with data
> protection and human rights legislation (and possibly Caldicott)?
> My understanding of the Shepway case is that it failed because it felt
> that under council tax legislation it was specifically prevented from
> sharing personal details held on the council tax database with other
> parts of the council, therefore to do so would have been acting ultra
> vires. Questions of DP compliance etc never came into it.
>
> Priority: NORMAL
> Date sent: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:21:24 +0000
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> From: Ricky Rankin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [data-protection] sharing database information
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> > A colleague has sent me the following reference to a case regarding
> > councils sharing/exchanging information bewteen databases
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1068319,00.html
> >
> > We are involved in a couple of projects that share export data from
> > one database to another.
> >
> > Is there a clear explanation of what is allowed?
> >
> > Ricky
> >
> > Ricky
> >
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> > Ricky Rankin
> > Principal Analyst
> > Computing Services
> > Queen's University Belfast
> >
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> > fax: 02890 335073
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