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Hi All
One of our Social Work clients is trying to obtain housing accommodation in another area. The applicatin form for housing basically states under DP says under the homehunt policy it will not disclose any information without written consent of the data subject. It then goes on over the page to say that the applicant agrees for the following bodies to supply and share information: (1) Police (2) Prosecution Authority (3) relevant Local Authorities (4) Landlords or former landlords (5) relevant Govt. authorities (6) medical authorities (7) employers and (8) any other person, body or organisation with relevant information.
I can understand why they want to do this but it seems a disproportionate amount of data the Housing Association could be holding just for someone wishing to obtain a house albeit they obviously do not want tenants who are likely to have had any ASBOs etc in another area.
Has anyone out there encountered this and any views would be greatly appreciated.
Doreen
Doreen Broom
Access to Information Officer
Scottish Borders Council
Tel:01835 826516
Fax: 01835 825041
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