If I remember right, we were asked to supply names addresses etc (? and
social security numbers?) of all Canadian students for the last ten years.
We refused; to have complied would certainly have contravened both our own
rules and the DPA; and anyway the amount of work involved would have been
horrendous.
(So we are probably not eligible)
Roger Clark
Academic Registrar
University of Reading
On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Lynn Tully wrote:
> I haven't come across this exact request, but in
> establishing Cranfield's eligibility to participate in the
> Canadian Veterans' Aid Program, which allows students to
> claim a fairly sizeable tax rebate, we were required to
> commit ourselves to providing information which it would
> have been outside the scope of the DPA to provide. Our
> response was along the lines that we would provide whatever
> information we could within the confines of the DPA, and
> got a reply from the Canadian authorities saying that they
> recognised that we couldn't release data without the
> consent of the student(s) concerned. I presume they expect
> us to get students' consent and then comply with their
> request.
>
> Lynn Tully
> Assistant Registrar
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> Lynn Tully
> Cranfield University
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