I'm not quite sure that I believe what I've just read.
The section of this guidance on disclosing information about a violent
warning marker to other organisations says:
"However, where there is a good reason for providing the information to
another organisation, for example, to alert them to the potential risk to
their staff, this will be justified even though no Schedule 3 condition
obviously applies. In these cases, our focus is on whether the processing is
justified and not unfair."
In other words the Information Commissioner is issuing official guidance
which says it's OK to process sensitive data without meeting a Schedule 3
Condition. I know, you know, we all know, that Schedule 3 doesn't work in
practice, and that there are plenty of reasonable actions involving
sensitive data which don't meet a Schedule 3 Condition, but it's a
completely different matter to have this confirmed in official guidance from
the Commissioner.
When might we expect an amendment to the Act, either removing Schedule 3 or
adding some more sensible additional conditions? And in the meantime, how
do we know what else we can do with the Commissioner's blessing which, on
the face of it, breaks the law?
Paul Ticher
0116 273 8191
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From: "Jane Bartlett" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: New guidance from ICO - working with potentially violent members of
the public
Extract from Press release:
ICO releases guidance for people working with potentially violent
members of the public
The Information Commissioner's Office is today publishing advice to help
those working with the public on how best to manage the use of violent
warning markers and comply with the Data Protection Act.
Link to Good Practice Note:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/practical
_application/use_of_violent_warning_markers.pdf
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