Having just read this on ActNows newsletter. How many LA's have done this ?
Anyone renewing their DP notification who is a public body is being told
that a data controller
who is a public authority must declare this fact within its Data
Protection Notification. Upon
doing so the following statement will be added to your notification.
“This data controller states that it is a public authority under the
Freedom of Information Act
2000 or a Scottish public authority under the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002”
This is the amendment
71. In section 16(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the registrable
particulars), before the word
"and" at the end of paragraph (f) there is inserted-
"(ff) where the data controller is a public authority, a statement of that
fact,"
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