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Good Morning
What do you currently tell service users about what you will do with their information? Do you give them any expectation that it may be so shared at all? Have they already given any level of consent?
If not, based upon what you have related to the group, you will need their freely-given explicit consent to share.
The landlord may be able to cite reasons for them to receive the information (prospective legal proceedings etc. or even some statutory basis for them to receive it) but any such disclosure will be at your discretion if you deem it valid.
Regards
Iain Harrison
Senior Information Governance Officer
Tel. Office: 01902 555546
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City of Wolverhampton Council
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From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stu Ashton
Sent: 15 June 2016 16:44
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Subject: [data-protection] Sharing Information with Landlords
Hi
Looking for a little advice around providing information to landlords.
Our organisation provides assistance to individuals with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health problems to live in their own rented properties in the community.
One individual we support who has a physical disability as been suffering with alcoholism in recent months and the landlord has asked for information from us about this. They have requested information relating to when and why the individual has been taken to hospital, his attendance to an alcohol support group and whether their drunkness has resulted in the individual being abusive to our staff.
The individual renting the property has full capacity to give consent to share this information however they are unlikely to do this as it may result in them losing their tenancy. There is no agreements between our organisation and the landlord with no information sharing taking place, everything is through the tenant.
Looking a the DPA I can't see any obligation for us to share this information with the Landlord without consent however i know nothing about Housing law and wondered if there was anything in the Housing Act or Landlord and Tenanct Act etc that says we should share the information without the tenants consent?
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Stu Ashton
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