Our normal practice would be to assure the data subjects that the
results would be annonymised and that they would not be identified in
the results. We would not, and could not pass the identifiable results
- IQ Tests - to the schools without the consent of the data subjects.
Hope this helps.
Ian Barker
Group Data Protection Officer.
MORI
+44 (0)20 7347 3318
+44 (0)20 7347 3805
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Trent [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 17 February 2005 10:25
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] 'pure' research
At the point of delivering attributable data to the school (or to any
third
party) the research is no longer pure.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Okey, Andrew
Sent: 17 February 2005 10:21
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [data-protection] 'pure' research
Hi folks,
Today's HE teaser is -
Research staff undertake work in schools. A group of pupils, some with
learning difficulties, see a play and are then asked what they remember
about it (the point of the research is to establish whether children
with learning difficulties are potentially less reliable witnesses in
court). As part of the set-up for the work, all children likely to be
involved are given an adapted IQ test to inform the analysis of their
later recollections.
So far, so 'pure' and, of course, pure research enjoys certain
exemptions from DP law, notably from access under section 7, and from
principles 2 and 5.
Now, the researchers suspect that they may get enquiries from parents
whose children are involved in the work and who are interested in
knowing their IQ results. That looks OK, because section 33.5 of the act
says that research is still pure even where the data is disclosed to
"the data subject of a person acting on their behalf". However, the
researchers are concerned that the schools involved may also ask/demand
to know such results. Now, research is only pure when it does not
"support measures or decisions" made on/against individuals, and one
could imagine that what the schools would be trying to obtain are
measures of children's IQ on which they might conceivably make decisions
- e.g. about streaming.
At which point, if the researchers gave this data to schools would the
research no longer be pure, thereby removing all the exemptions they'd
usually enjoy?
Andrew Okey
Lancaster University
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