Information sharing: the view from the ICOVicky Cetinkaya, Senior Policy Officer, ICOOne Staffordshire Information Sharing Protocol launch eventStafford, 27 June 2013

Our mission

The ICO’s mission is to uphold information rights

in the public interest,

promoting openness by public bodies

and data privacy for individuals.

The role of the ICO

• Enforce and regulate– Freedom of Information Act– Data Protection Act– Environmental Information Regulations– Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations

• Provide information to individuals and organisations

• Adjudicate on complaints

• Promote good practice

Can I share?

• Sharing must be lawful

• Schedule conditions

• necessity

• consent

• Fairness

• proportionality

• transparency

Governance

• Privacy impact assessments

• Information sharing agreements

• purposes of sharing

• recipients

• the data

• data quality

• security

• retention

• rights of individuals

• sanctions

And if it all goes wrong..

• Complaints followed by a “compliance unlikely” assessment

• ICO enforcement powers

• undertaking

• enforcement notice

• monetary penalty notice

Comment from the recent health service IG review

“The ICO told the review panel that no civil monetary penalties had been served for a breach of the Data Protection Act due to data sharing which had been appropriately considered and which had a legitimate data sharing agreement.”

More IG Review

“The Review Panel concludes that individuals should not be discouraged from sharing simply through fear of doing this incorrectly. With the help of the ICO’s data sharing code, and tools such as privacy impact assessments, data sharing can be achieved, where appropriate, in a secure and proper way.”

How the ICO can help

• Guidance:

• www.ico.org.uk

• Data sharing code of practice and checklists - http://www.ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/topic_guides/data_sharing

• Helpline: 0303 123 1113

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