As employees increasingly have direct access to online Personnel data systems, the BAU v SAR question become more academic.
In one of my current clients, if an employee submits a SAR where the data requested is accessible online or via their manager (e.g. "How much holiday do I have left?"), then the SATs team would contact the individual suggesting that a faster route is open to them.
Where the request is more comprehensive (say) Occupational Health data plus Personal Data in emails plus PD in grievance witness statements, the SAR approach is the only practical one.
Regards - Michael Bacon
Grimbaldus Limited
> On 22 Oct 2014, at 17:14, "Cotterill, Steve" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Andrew
>
> All SAR's are handled centrally by me and BAU requests via the section in question.
>
> With regards to distinguishing between the two it tends to be a judgement call based on
>
> 1) amount and type of information requested
> 2) the context the request is made (ie is there an underlying issue)
> 3) people knowing who they are dealing with
>
> Ultimately a bit ad hoc but it seems to work quite well (probably because I think I've scared people enough so if they are in doubt they refer it to me)
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> Cheers
> Steve
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> Subject: [data-protection] Monitoring SAR's
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> Good afternoon everyone,
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> I'm looking to get some views on other organisations' behaviour when it comes to recording SAR's.
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> For background, we are currently looking at how requests for information, including SAR's, can be dealt with consistently across the organisation without having to rely on a large central team.
>
> It's well known, I think, that a lot of work, particularly in Local Government, is carried out that may technically consitiute a SAR but is handled as 'business as usual' by relevant service areas/departments. Examples I'm thinking of here would be along the lines of a citizen emailing a social care team to obtain a copy of a report that has been written about them or an employee contacting HR and requesting a copy of their contract.
>
> My question is, does your organisation draw a distinction between a 'business as usual' request, a 'local' SAR that would be handled and monitored within the area and possibly reported to a central team and a 'corporate' SAR that, possibly, is handled by a central Data Protection/Information Governance team?
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> If it does, how is the distinction made?
>
> Any comments/views would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Andrew Goodfellow-Swaap
> Senior Information Officer
> Nottingham City Council
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