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Ken Please can I throw in my hobby-horse... certain bits of data, some of them 'sensitive' under the 1998 Act, are collected by UCAS for HEIs, who in turn pass the data on to HESA [indeed, HESA/DfEE dictated that the data be collected in the first place; ie. Ethnicity, Disability, Soc. Occ Code, Last School Attended; I may be slightly out of touch, but they used to be grouped together in the *H transaction]. HEIs are obliged to collect and pass on this data to HESA as a condition of funding. I'm particularly anxious that we clarify in the light of the 1998 Act: (a) what UCAS applicants should be told up-front about this, and (b) what rights they may have to DENY consent to either collection of the data in the first place, or the passing of it to HESA. Many thanks for your thoughts Owen On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:33:03 +0000 Ken Horsburgh wrote: > From: Ken Horsburgh <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:33:03 +0000 > Subject: RE: response from UCAS on application form > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > > > I duly joined the list as suggested and have a question within ten seconds. > > Data usage and confidentiality is currently covered by section 68 of the > UCAS Handbook. > > Form completion is covered in Instructions for the Completion of the > Application Form. > > >From 2001 y/e the UCAS Handbook introduction and Instructions... will come > together as one document. > > Ken Horsburgh > Head of Computing Services > UCAS > Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Glos, GL52 3LZ, England > Phone: +44 (0) 1242 544740 : Fax: +44 (0) 1242 544960 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Website: http://www.ucas.ac.uk > Reg. Company No. 2839815 : Reg. Charity No. 1024741 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lloyd M J B (ISaCS) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 28 January 2000 15:21 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: response from UCAS on application form > > > I also agree. I suggest the forms should also state what data is necessary > for the contract ( with UCAS and institutions) and what are the items of > data for which consent is required. > > > > Mike Lloyd > Acting Deputy Head (ISS) > Information Systems and Campus Services > University of Glamorgan > Llantwit Road > Treforest CF37 1DL > > Tel: 01443 482417 Fax: 01443 482426 > email: [log in to unmask] > > > ---------- > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:44 pm > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Cc: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: response from UCAS on application form > > > > # >This looks very thin to me. Surely UCAS need at least to say what the > > # >prupose(s) of the processing is? The 1998 Act is quite specific about > > what > > # >data subject need to be told. > > # > > > # >Dennis > > > > I agree, I will copy this to UCAS and suggest they join the list > > for the purpose of these discussions, after we want to help each other > > > > Sally Justice > > > > _____ Owen Richards Academic Registrar Sussex University Tel: 01273 877019 Email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%