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The Data Protection Policy set out the framework for compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection legislation and provided guidance to all council staff to help them understand the importance of their role in maintaining the security and confidentiality of personal data.The Data Protection Policy had been reviewed and the recommended changes were set out at Annex A to the agenda report.

The Committee considered paragraph 1.5 of the Policy which referred to ensuring that, where work was outsourced, the companies used complied with the same standards as would be expected if the work was completed by the Council. This paragraph had been inserted following review by the Joint Staff Consultative Group and Members recognised that, as the wording was currently aspirational, it should be further reviewed.

RESOLVED that

(i)        subject to the revision of paragraph 1.5, the revised Data Protection Policy, as set out at Annex A to the agenda report, be agreed; and

(ii)      authority be delegated to the Executive Head of Transformation to amend the wording of paragraph 1.5, after consultation with members of the Committee by email.