One thing that no-one has yet mentioned (or I've missed it) is that DoB
is a required field for LSC FE funding returns and must be provided for
each learner. No chance for anonymising the data capture here.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Andrew Charlesworth
Sent: 10 August 2005 18:06
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] data protection and dates of birth in the
US.
> As we are required to monitor our student population to ensure that we
> are not discriminating, we need to have details of age in the same way
> as we need ethnicity, nationality etc.
Just to explore these rationales a little further (I promise) - is it
not common practice for ethnicity, nationality data etc. to be collected
on a separate form that is held/processed separately (and anonymously)
from the student application (or enrolment form) for the purposes of
monitoring as required by legislation/HESA/HEFCE? And are applicants
obliged to provide that data, or can they refuse to complete that form?
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