Countywide Initiatives - Information Sharing
Sharing Personal Information - Made Simple
Any organisation that holds personal information about living individuals must abide by the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.
The Act was not designed to be a barrier to the exchange of information but to ensure that information is exchanged with the best interests of the individual in mind.
Sharing Information - is when you pass information held by your organisation to another organisation or to another service within your organisation
e.g. A health visitor might disclose information to Social Services should they have concerns about the welfare of an individual.
e.g. the Police might disclose to an Education Welfare Officer details held about a particular youth who is generally causing a nuisance.
