Apologies. DDA - Disability Discrimination Act
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Thank you and kind regards
Opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer
Rob Dawson
Institutional Compliance Officer
University College Chester
Parkgate Road
Chester
CH1 4BJ
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Chichester House 002
Tel: 01244 392892
Fax: 01244 392821
http://www.chester.ac.uk/
Quoting Tim Trent <[log in to unmask]>:
> For those of us unused to this TLA please could you expand "DDA"? I
am
> assuming it is some sort of disability acknowledgement formalised
process?
>
> I suggest that, if the student is given the opportunity to accept or
> decline
> "help" then the requirements will have been fulfilled? Happy to be put
> right here. I am well out of my competence!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rob Dawson
> Sent: 06 July 2005 13:47
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] DPA and Confidentiality
>
> Is there not a DDA issue here as well. If the student fails as a direct or
> inderect consequence of the disclosed disability could the student then
> argue that the college failed to meet DDA requirements, which it knew
> about,
> and therefore disadvantaged the student.
> --
> Thank you and kind regards
>
> Opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my
employer
>
> Rob Dawson
> Institutional Compliance Officer
> University College Chester
> Parkgate Road
> Chester
> CH1 4BJ
>
> [log in to unmask]
> Chichester House 002
> Tel: 01244 392892
> Fax: 01244 392821
> http://www.chester.ac.uk/
>
>
>
> Quoting Tim Trent <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > The simplest way to handle this is openness.
> >
> > The student has particular needs that can only be fulfilled by
> > communicating with other people and I competent to understand and
give
> > or withhold permission for disclosure.
> >
> > "Fred, it is our normal practice to help people in your circumstances
> > by discussing your needs with (list). Is this approach ok with you?"
> > And
> get
> > Fred to sign the paper.
> >
> > That works well when the disability is passive. If it is that their
> > disability is such that they attack people on a random basis and are
> > an active danger to others, then a wholly different course of action
> > is required. I am not sure that I can conceive of such a disability,
> though.
> > Possibly the one coming closest would be heavy fitting in any form,
> > but that is rarely a danger to others and is passive.
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Clark
> > Sent: 06 July 2005 10:20
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [data-protection] DPA and Confidentiality
> >
> > A bit of advice required. A data subject (student in this case)
> > discloses information about a behavioural or physical disability to a
> > member of
> staff
> > (e.g. a counsellor) and requests that this information be kept
> > confidential.
> > However the nature of this special need is such that action would
need
> to
> > be
> > taken to enable access for the individual or to protect others; how
> should
> > we handle this? Can it be disclosed or be required to be disclosed to
> the
> > H&S Officer or to others that might be vulnerable? We have a duty of
> care
> > here.
> >
> > We are trying to put together a policy for handling such cases, and
> ideally
> > everything would be open and cosy and the individual would give
their
> > consent for the information to be used appropriately, but in reality
> > the individual might not give us the information if they knew it would
> > be
> used
> > elsewhere.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any advice.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > Nick Clark
> > Director of IT Services
> > Tower Hamlets College
> > +44(0)20 7536 5738
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