Afternoon all,
Dash it; thought I was on to something and the IC seems to agree. Found
this advice in relation to secondary use of Council Tax personal data.
"Q: Can Council Tax data be disclosed for the purposes of the prevention or
detection of crime, or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders?
A: Yes, so far as the Data Protection Act 1998 is concerned, but only to
the extent that section 29 of the Act applies. Section 29 provides an
exemption from the first data protection principle, fair and lawful
processing, except to the extent to which it requires compliance with the
conditions in schedules 2 and 3. Therefore even if a disclosure was
unlawful, if non-disclosure would prejudice the prevention or detection of
crime, or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, in making the
disclosure the local authority would not be in breach the Act."
Full article at:
http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/cms/DocumentUploads/Secondary Use
of Personal Data for Council tax purposes.pdf
Does anyone know what section or schedule to the LGFA 1992 proscribes the
use of CT data for other purposes?
Michael Doherty
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