Graham Smith on 02 March 2004 at 02:17 said:-
> Section 4 of the bill would amend the Data Protection Act
> 1998, such that after section 30, there is inserted:......
> .....(2) Any voluntary organisation or volunteering body
> or volunteer shall
> not be guilty of an offence if, in good faith and
> other than for
> commercial gain, it or he discloses any data in
> circumstances where
> the disclosures of that data was, in the opinion of
> the volunteer,
> voluntary organisation or volunteering body, necessary for, or
> desirable in, the public interest.
Pounder Chris on 02 March 2004 at 11:32 said:-
> Do not see why this is needed. You still have to deal with the substantive
issues in the Act if you have
> personal data (e.g. fairness, Sched 2 criteria, etc etc)
[log in to unmask] on 03 March 2004 at 10:27 said:-
> 2) The majority of volunteers will have a different view of "the public
interest"
> 3) The generality of the second section - saying "any" data - would leave
it open to abuse.
Existing processes/exemptions seem to afford sufficient disclosure
opportunities where necessary. So why would anybody consider it necessary
to try to remove any possibility of charitable bodies or their members ever
having to appropriately consider their clients in any disclosure made?
For many charitable bodies, in respect of client data, the proposed section
could be seen to work directly against their own interests. i.e. loss of the
trust of clients.
In respect of areas where members of charitable bodies work for other
organisations, would that proposed section allow legitimate disclosure of
the secondary organisations data, potentially excluding charitable
volunteers from access to some material within organisations allied to the
charitable work being conducted. i.e. erosion of informational support from
external organisations.
What affect would the proposed section have on organisations whose
charitable status is not their primary function? E.g. Trade organisations,
Local clubs, Political parties etc.
Ian W
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