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Meeting: 24/09/2024 - Cabinet (Item 42)

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To provide Cabinet with an opportunity to review the Council’s latest version of its Data Protection Policy.

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Minutes:

Purpose of report

 

An opportunity to review the Council’s latest version of its Data Protection Policy.

 

Decision

 

Cabinet approved the draft Data Protection Policy as set out in Appendix A of the report.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected

 

Not to make any changes to the existing Policy.

 

To recommend any further amendments to the Policy.

 

Reasons for decision

 

It was a legal requirement to create and maintain a Data Protection Policy and formally set out the arrangements for the management of the Council’s responsibilities. The decision reflected the outcome of a review of the Council’s current Policy which had been undertaken.

 

The Policy was last updated in 2021 and therefore had been due for a review in 2024 as part of good practice. There were only minor changes to the existing Policy. These changes provided greater clarity to the document, and included information related to definitions, roles, data breaches, data handling and appeals and complaints.