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Hi Lesley - this has cropped up here with me today as well and also recently with a proposed project to engage the views of BME students. Our view, after some discussion, is that we shouldn't use disclosure or monitoring information for targetted mailings since the disclosure has not been made with that purpose in mind by the member of staff, or student. For consultation we would put out an invitation to all students but make it clear it would be disabled students we'd be interested in hearing from. This has potential benefits in perhaps involving some students or staff who have not (yet) declared a disability to the institution. However, I'd be interested to hear the view of other colleagues on this too, hence my reply on-list, best wishes Helen Helen Murdoch Equality and Diversity Manager The Registry, Room 3.11 University of East Anglia Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ Tel: 01603 591898 Email: [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lesley Gyford Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Data Protection and declaration of disability Hello all If a person declares a disability on their starters form (for staff) or their admissions for (for students), can we use that information to target the relevant people with an email or other correspondence regarding things like student support plans, setting up of staff or student consultation groups, etc? Lesley Lesley Gyford, MSc Chartered MCIPD Head of Equality and Diversity University of Derby Tel: 01332 591433 Email: [log in to unmask] Find out about staff development opportunites available for you. Join us at the Learning at Work Days on May 14/15. See the web site for full details <http://www.derby.ac.uk/staffdevelopment> www.derby.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/news/learning-at-work-day ________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to [log in to unmask] The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy