Dear colleagues
Apologies for cross-posting. We have received a request as follows:
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Hi
Received E.-Mail.
Could you please confirm that ABCD Date of Birth NN/NN/1970, N.I. NWxxxxxxD
is a student at University of Huddersfield.
Thankyou
xxx xxx
Sne Mos Nc Empl WG1 TM2
788xxxxx
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We have not (apparently) dealt with the CSA before, so I have two concerns
here.
1. It is my understanding that the Child Support Agency has extensive powers
to obtain information. However, I would normally expect information about the
requester's formal source of authority to make the request. The email does
not do this - at least in an intelligible form.
For example, in the case of police requests, we require formal documentation
which in the case of West Yorkshire Police's form includes a counter-signatory
from a higher officer. Similarly, we require the Student Loans Company to
include a copy of their certificate of authority as per the Social Security Fraud
Act 2001 (s3(1)) Code of Practice on Obtaining Information.
2. The Child Support Act 1991 and associated regulations that I have
(cursorily!) had a look at concerning the supply of personal information seem
to apply to employers, local government, benefits agency etc - ie bodies via
which a non-resident parent may be receiving income. Obviously the
University does not have this kind of relationship with a student.
So my initial reaction is to go back to the requester, and ask for his formal
source of authority to make the request. Before I do this, though, am I
missing something?!
Many thanks
Sarah
M Sarah Wickham, MA, MA, Registered Practitioner
University Records Manager
University of Huddersfield
+44 (0)1484 473 935
http://www.hud.ac.uk/cls/recordsmanagement/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/msarahwickham
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