Chris, an angle not considered in the discussion so far is that the police
could be conducting a "proof of life" enquiry (I don't know if you know the
reason for their request), in which case it is very important to them to
know if the person turns up.
Regards
Chris
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Subject: [data-protection] Missing person alerts in health systems
All
I have just had an interesting request from the police asking if they could
be informed if someone registered as missing turns up for medical treatment.
If we ignore the issue of whether someone will have this information
recorded on their record I find myself in a dilemma.
I would expect a missing person to be part of a legitimate investigation so
would probably be happy to supply information for a section 29 request.
However the request could only happen if I had already sent the police
information that the missing person has turned up which I shouldn't before
receiving a section 29.
Does anyone know how/if this information could be provided? Is there
something under PACE? Am I over thinking it?
Regards
Chris
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