My interpretation of the email they sent is  that if People Plus do have consent, then it is only for them to be able to share the data they have about the customer with you. There is no mention of the consent including you giving People Plus any data, because the wording is too vague – “…allows People Plus to contact future employers for this purpose”.

 

Without seeing the consent form signed by the customer it’s impossible to tell whether it also include consent for you as the employer to provide data back to People Plus, so I would stick to my guns and ask to see a copy of the consent that was given.

 

Alternatively, contact the member of staff and ask for their consent yourself if they are employed with you.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michelle

 

 

 

Dear all,

 

Below is an email received by my organisation from People Plus.  All names and contact details are made up. Apologies for the lengthy email.

 

I am considering which condition I can use (if at all, without consent) to disclose this information? People Plus state consent is given, though when I asked for proof of that they replied “As our customer was referred onto our programme by the DWP, we do not require customer consent to confirm employment periods with the employer……., as per DWP guidelines.” This is probably a simple issue, but without knowing what the DS has actually consented to, and if consent has since been revoked, I thought I’d ask the list for your opinion. They claim under the powers of the designation order (below) they can request this data??? Has anybody had similar requests and or, dealt with these types of organisations?

I am happy to provide further detail (off list) if necessary.

 

 

Good Morning

 

People Plus are a Government-funded training provider who works alongside Jobcentre Plus and the Department for Work & Pensions to help people back into employment, We have been informed that you have employed one of our Work Programme customers, I am trying to confirm their period of employment.

 

I was hoping you would be able to confirm the start  date for Charles Lucian Butterworth And that Charles is still employed by yourselves

Working as (Please confirm Job role) at [Place of work] for ( Please confirm agency)  

When a customer commences People Plus work programme, they signed a consent to share information document allowing People Plus to contact future employers for this purpose.  The information will be shared with no third party, and is only used to ensure our information on file is still correct and up to date.
                              
If you have any further questions, or require further verification please don’t hesitate to contact me on the numbers below.
 
Thank you in advance

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Miss R.E. Questor

Tel: 0123 456 7890

 

 

 

 

 

Kind Regards

Mike Gater MBCS

 

Data Protection Officer

ISEB DP, PG Cert – Info Rights Law.

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