SPD is Personal Data that relates to an individual's physical or mental health or condition. That's what Section 2(e) of the DPA says. Depends on the individual case I would say. If everyone is required to attend and nothing is revealed beyond "Joe Bloggs has a hearing test-as did all & sundry..." then, no SPD. It doesn't "relate to" as such in that it does not say "Joe Bloggs is deaf" However, if they have a record of health concerns being raised, then yes-even if compulsory-I can see potential"SPD". Probably being over-cautious, but...... I would not post such information on a noticeboard though-that seems bad practice. Contact them directly to arrange the appointment. Iain Harrison Information Governance Officer Contracts & Governance Team, Customer & Workforce Services, Coventry City Council Council House, Earl Street Coventry, CV1 5RR Telephone No: 024 7683 3305 Fax No: 024 7683 3395 www.coventry.gov.uk -----Original Message----- From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Bradshaw Sent: 24 June 2010 16:58 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [data-protection] Sensitive personal data ? Views please. Call centre starts a free hearing test scheme for its staff who wear headphones all day. Manager emails all staff with deatils. Those wanting to take up offer email back. Appointments are made on their behalf. List of appointments drawn up and pinned on noticeboard. Q Is the fact that someone is going for a hearing test in this scenario sensitive personal data i.e does it relate to his physical health or condition. If so why ? Things you might consider : If it was a compulsory hearing test almost certainly it would not be sensitive personal data. So if it is, then presumably this is because the act of accepting the offer suggests for some at least that they have a concern about their hearing ? But since others will accept a freebie on principle the fact of aceptance clearly does not say anything about any individual in this respect. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All e-mails are monitored by Coventry City Council IT Security, using M@ilMeter and Star Filtering Services in accordance with the Regulations of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you have received this e-mail in error, you are requested to contact the sender All e-mails are monitored by Coventry City Council IT Security, using M@ilMeter and Star Filtering Services. The views contained in this e-mail are those of the author and not necessarily those of Coventry City Council. ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^