And I've onoly gone and told the whole world we use the CT data. I
think we can substantiate why...we owe a duty to administer public funds
in a proper manner etc.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Donald Henderson
Sent: 14 October 2008 13:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sharing of Council Tax Information with internal
departments
ICO are caught here - they think data sharing is a good thing, but are
really only interested in the DPA implications The issue is whether you,
as data controller, can square the use with the restrictions contained
in the Local Government Finance Act, which lays out that the data can
only be used for CT purposes.
There are arguments for and against using CT for other purposes, but the
risk lies with you, I'm afraid...
Regards
Donald Henderson
Information Compliance Manager
Perth & Kinross Council
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Sent: 14 October 2008 13:19
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Subject: [data-protection] Sharing of Council Tax Information with
internal departments
Hi
we have had a request from our internal debt recovery team to
interrogate the council tax database to find address detail of people
who have debts with the council.
These debts are not council tax debt but more like over payment of
benefits or non payment for new bins etc.
I have read the ICO guidance on this and called the ICO helpline. Their
advice was that as long as we are using te data for the administration
of services we are obliged to provide we can share the data.
Their line was administration can be defined as not only issuing
payments/services but could also cover the recovery of any over payments
Does anyone have any other opinions on this, I am a little uneasy about
giving the go ahead to share it.
Thanks
Lynn Whitehouse
Data Protection Officer
Walsall MBC
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