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Information Governance
- Meeting of Audit & Standards Committee, Tuesday, 22nd September, 2015 4.00pm (Item 35.)
- View the background to item 35.
Report of the Monitoring Officer and Senior Information Risk Officer (copy attached).
Decision:
1) That Members note the report
Minutes:
35.1 The Committee considered a report of the Monitoring Officer and Senior Information Risk Officer that updated the Committee on various issues relating to information governance and, in particular, data protection breaches connected with Freedom of Information (FOI) responses and the measures taken to minimise future breaches.
35.2 Diane Bushell asked if the council provided support and/or training for staff in relation to the sharing of information.
35.3 The Head of Legal & Democratic Services confirmed that digital training for all staff was in place and the authority were considering extending that training to become service specific. Furthermore, data protection training was mandatory for all new staff.
35.4 Councillor Taylor stated that he hoped the council would continue to use the ‘What Do They Know’ (WDTK) website as it was extremely popular.
35.5 The Head of Legal & Democratic Services stated that where the council held FOI requests and responses locally, it had complete control and could rectify any errors immediately which ensured compliance. The Head of Legal & Democratic Services clarified that there was the option of re-joining the WDTK site in the future.
35.6 RESOLVED-That Members note the report
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