I'd go so far as to say instances like this are exactly when the
non-disclosure provisions of DPA are engaged: this could be considered the
father's sensitive personal data (relating to his sexual life - or am I
stretching things a bit here?). Barring explicit consent, which Matt implies
will not be possible to gather, there's no schedule 3 condition to permit the
processing.
Jonathan Baines
Legal and Democratic Services
Buckinghamshire County Council
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Adopted child looking for birth father
You could write to those in question asking if they would give their
permission to disclose to him - but I don't know how up to date your
addresses would be.
I don't see how you could disclose otherwise.
Brenda
Team Leader
I.T.
Pembrokeshire County Council
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Subject: [data-protection] Adopted child looking for birth father
Hi all
Quick DP/FOI scenario. I have been contacted by an adopted man who is trying
to trace his birth father. He does not know the name of his father and the
only details he can provide us with are the nationality of his father and
that he attended the University in the early 1980s. (We are not likely to
have a large number of students from the country in question).
Framing it as an FOI request it might read, "Can I have the names of all
students from X country that attended your University in the early 1980s?"
and I can't get past s.40 FOIA.
I can't really see that we can help him within FOI and DP. This has been
rumbling on for some time and he is talking about the public interest in
disclosure (can't see that there is any). We have suggested other avenues to
him such as the Embassy of the country as the students coming over may have
sponsored etc. but he is not giving up.
Aside from all this, our records would not make it easy to find the
information concerned as not all records are electronic and nationality is
not always noted.
Any advice/thoughts would be welcome.
Thanks
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