Council tax data is covered by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and
housing data isn't. All you need to do is to make sure the subject knows the
purposes to which this data can be put (fair processing statement) whereas
the LGFA prohibits the use of CT data for any other purpose (except voids
and empty properties.)

Regards

Alan

Alan Stead
Service Manager-Information Governance 
Nottingham City Council
Guildhall
Burton Street
Nottingham NG1 4BT
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scourfield, Brenda
Sent: 05 March 2007 14:15
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Use of Housing Data


So why can't Council Tax data be used in the same way ? Surely your Housing
system will relate to only a few number of the people who ring up. If you
are only using it for CRM calls to do with Housing matters thenn maybe the
ICO's comments apply.

I have the same problem. We have a scheme called Choice Homes where people
bid for vacant housing. Our CRM wants to populate its database from our
Housing system and we have decided as long as it is for Housing applications
under Choice Homes the purpose is still the same. You cannot get the data
from Housing for a Public protection complaint about bonfires.

Brenda Scourfield
Team Leader
I.T. Division
Pembrokeshire County Council
County Hall
Haverfordwest
SA61 1 TP
 
Tel 01437 775380

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> Within my Authority we want to use data on our Housing system (such as 
> Address, DOB, NI number etc) to populate our CRM system. We have 
> spoken to the ICO about this and they said that this is fine because:
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> The data is still in the control of the Council
> The data itself is not changing (we are not amending/adding to the
> information) 
> The data is still only accessible by Council Officers 
> The data is not being transferred to another external organisation 
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> Before we allow this to happen can I ask for any views regarding DP 
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