In my role, Records Manager for Social Care at Wigan, we often get
contacted by G.M.P asking for information under s29.
In most cases we require a formal written request however we have strong
links with the local police child protection team and in some cases we may
release information without a written request. This however is only in
extreme circumstances where the information is needed at very short notice
and the timescale doesn't allow a request to be obtained.
That said the child protection team almost always follow up these 'short
notice' requests with a written request for us to place on file.
In such cases we document what information has been disclosed, to who and
why. We also record why the information was released without a written
request.
That said we also get what most data controllers get, PC29 wandering in,
demanding access to information and then getting the hump when we refuse to
release it without proper authority.
You'd have thought that the police as a body would appreciate more than most
the necessity of going through the appropriate channels to obtain
information but unfortunately in my experience that isn't always the case.
Lee Gardiner
Records Manager
Department of Adult Services
Wigan MBC
x4140 or 01942 404140
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-----Original Message-----
From: Legal Compliance at KCL [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thu 23 November 2006 14:27
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Subject: [data-protection] Data Protection Act - Section 29
Dear all,
I was wondering if many of the other organisations often receive requests
under section 29 of the DPA.
If so, I would just like to see what your views are, and whether you feel
this moves some of the administrative burden for criminal investigations
onto the public sector. How appropriate do you feel this is, that certain
'low level' investigations are undertaken by persons who have otherwise
nothing to do with the Police (I hope).
Best wishes
Legal Compliance
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