Having been through the same internal debate I believe the reluctance stems
from a reliance on historical concepts of justice emanating from human
values developed over many years and subsequently ingrained in the national
culture.
Within many audit and security mechanisms everybody is guilty until shown to
be innocent. Once that is realised and adapted to the rest follows quite
logically with the majority of individuals proving their innocence during
the audit process. Measures of fairness appear to be applied at the system
level.
A case of the systems ruling the roost unfortunately, but there remains a
need to inform the individuals whose data is provided regarding why it is
being provided, so that the system remains open and transparent rather than
becoming an underlying, hidden and possibly even deniable (through lack of
knowledge) process.
Explaining the automated/manual decision processes which produce the final
data set(s) is down to the Audit Commission.
Ian
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> issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joe Sutton
> Sent: 08 August 2006 09:02
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> Subject: National Fraud Initiative 2006/07
>
>
> Morning all,
>
> Just in case you are not familiar with the National Fraud
> Initiative, the idea is that various public sector
> organisations submit the details of their staff and the
> public that they work with (in our case as a housing
> association, our tenant's details for example) to enable a
> large cross referencing exercise looking for fraud. Examples
> of what they look for is people working a second job on long
> term leave from a first job, people claiming housing benefit
> with undeclared income, and people working with false
> immigration papers.
>
> Looking through the archives confirmed to me the relevant
> legislation, but I confess I don't particularly like the look
> of it. I'm not terribly keen, for example, on all my bank
> details heading out into the wider world.
>
> Anyway: the letter from the Audit Commission indicates that
> our participation is voluntary, and it's likely that we will
> participate rather than being 'volunteered' by the Housing
> Corporation, who are keen on participation from as many
> housing associations are possible. It is possible that I will
> be approached by staff and tenants wishing to refuse their
> permission to disclose information about them, or seeking to
> withold some of it. As data protection is kind of a sideline
> in my job, may I ask what you would say to them? Is there
> anything we should be wary of (any awkward experiences from
> those of you who've done this
> already?)
>
> ***
>
> In other news:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/06/police_data_leak_case/
>
> To use Durant, or to not use Durant... I was never really
> sure anyway...
>
> Joe Sutton
> ICT Operations Coordinator
> Somer Housing Group
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