I would imagine that this would not be done loosely. It may be that
Social Work refers to Health and you would disclose if a person was
violent. I think in that sort of instance we would have a duty to
advise for their safety. Only a thought........
Doreen
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Sent: 23 January 2007 17:15
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Subject: Re: New guidance from ICO - working with potentially violent
members of the public
I'm not quite sure that I believe what I've just read.
The section of this guidance on disclosing information about a violent
warning marker to other organisations says:
"However, where there is a good reason for providing the information to
another organisation, for example, to alert them to the potential risk
to their staff, this will be justified even though no Schedule 3
condition obviously applies. In these cases, our focus is on whether the
processing is justified and not unfair."
In other words the Information Commissioner is issuing official guidance
which says it's OK to process sensitive data without meeting a Schedule
3 Condition. I know, you know, we all know, that Schedule 3 doesn't
work in practice, and that there are plenty of reasonable actions
involving sensitive data which don't meet a Schedule 3 Condition, but
it's a completely different matter to have this confirmed in official
guidance from the Commissioner.
When might we expect an amendment to the Act, either removing Schedule 3
or adding some more sensible additional conditions? And in the
meantime, how do we know what else we can do with the Commissioner's
blessing which, on the face of it, breaks the law?
Paul Ticher
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Subject: New guidance from ICO - working with potentially violent
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Extract from Press release:
ICO releases guidance for people working with potentially violent
members of the public
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those working with the public on how best to manage the use of violent
warning markers and comply with the Data Protection Act.
Link to Good Practice Note:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/practical
_application/use_of_violent_warning_markers.pdf
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