Hi Tom Do the alleged actions incur the subjects privacy? LJ Auld introduced this requirement in Durant, that data must also effect the privacy of the data subject. This 'gloss' is in addition of the identifiable person requirement from the DPA. So, I would have thought so unless any exemptions apply? Search under data protection law & policy on our archive http://www.e-comlaw.com/trial.htm Kind Regards Paul Ferguson Sales & Marketing dataprotectionlaw&policy 82 Cecile Park London N8 9AU UK tel: +44 (0)20 8374 0710 fax: +44 (0)20 8374 1743 www.e-comlaw.com/eumarketing www.e-comlaw.com/IDTSummit on 12/4/05 11:51 AM, Tom Devenish at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Dear List Members > > I am currently looking at SAR procedures for personnel. I have just hit > what appears to be a "grey area". > > If a person wishes access to information relating tro a greivance or > investigation against them - do we release statements made? Minutes from > meetings? etc? > > Would the content of documents containing alleged actions be regarded as > personal information? > > Any help would be greatley received. > > Tom > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > All archives of messages are stored permanently and are > available to the world wide web community at large at > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html > If you wish to leave this list please send the command > leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] > All user commands can be found at : - > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm > Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner > [log in to unmask] > (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^