As the money to be recovered is public money (ie the taxpayer suffers if
the debt is not recovered) could it be argued that the processing meets
Condition 5(d) of schedule 2 "for exercise of any other functions of a
public nature excercised in the public interest by any person"?
This does not necessarily mean that all the Data Protection Principles
are met but it is difficult to see, in the circumstances, how the rights
and freedoms of the indebted student suffer.
However, I do think of the lady recently imprisoned for not paying her
full council tax who was reported to be most annoyed that someone else
had paid the debt on her behalf because it undermined her stand.
John F Hitches
General Administrative Manager
Kingston University
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