I would be inclined to ask for the specifics of the enactment under
which they are seeking access to that information - it might be useful
to consider the provisions of Section 29 of the Act.
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Ronan Durnin
Business Support Officer
NIGALA
79 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4JE
(02890 316557 DDI)
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Subject: [data-protection] Child Support Agency[Scanned]
Colleagues,
CSA have asked me to confirm that an individual is a student here and to
give the individual's address and phone number to them. I have my
doubts, we've never told students that we would process information for
these purposes. CSA's request states:
"This request for information is made under child support law. Under
child support law it is a criminal offence if a person fails to provide
information when required to do so or knowingly provides false
information. Failure to provide this information may result in criminal
proceedings being taken against you." This seems like 'careful'
wording: as though I should read that I am 'required' to give
information, but not actually told so. If they said "You are required
under child support law to meet this request for information...", I'd
take it that I was, but I have qualms about a request that implies a
right but where that right hasn't been established and is not known to
the student.
Any views? Would you disclose?
Cheers,
Paul
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