A Rutland resident would like me to share with you the following, They have achieved this outcome on their own after MP Alan Duncan declined to help them.
Keywords: Property, Harassment, Rutland County Council,
Data Protection Complaint
Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:20 PM
20 December 2012
Dear
When we receive data protection complaints, our obligation is to make an assessment. An assessment is the Information Commissioner’s view about whether an organisation has followed the rules of good practice for handling information in the Data Protection Act 1998 (the DPA).
Our aim is to ensure that organisations deal with personal information properly in the future. Our assessment decisions can help us to decide whether we should take action against a particular organisation.
Our decision
I wrote to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) about this matter and have now received its response. On the basis of all of the information provided by you and the MOJ, we have decided that it is unlikely that MOJ has complied with the requirements of the DPA in this case.
As you are aware, we asked MOJ about the safeguards that are in place to help ensure it handles personal data properly.
It is my view, despite Leicester County Court (LCC) adhering to ‘normal court business’, that it would be good practice for LCC to consider your request under the provisions of the DPA. The sixth data protection principle says that personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects.
I made recommendation to MOJ that, in order to maintain good practice and to safeguard against future breaches of the DPA, that the MOJ remind court officials about their obligations under the DPA. It is my view that court officials should be familiar with information requests, and the associated processes in keeping with the statutory framework.
Having carefully considered all the facts of this case, we have decided that formal regulatory action is not required in this case at this time. However, you should be aware that we keep a record of all assessment decisions and will take these into account if we receive further complaints about MOJ. The information we gather from complaints may form the basis for regulatory action in the future.
Next steps
However, most organisations want to put things right when they have gone wrong and learn from complaints that are raised with them. We have therefore asked MOJ to consider the information we have provided during the course of this assessment and take steps to prevent the situation from happening again.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
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The ICO’s mission is to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
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