RE: Data Protection Act

Dear Marie

many thanks for your email to the Freedom of Information team. As per
Section 8 of the Act can you please clarify the type of DPA requests you
are referring too i.e. section 7 subject access provision requests,
section 35 requests etc etc. Also can you please clarify your meaning of
question 5?

many thanks

Philip Humphreys
Information Access Officer
tel 0161 856 2529

Marie Griffiths To FOI requests at Greater Manchester
<[FOI #30194 email]> Police
<[Greater Manchester Police request email]>
05/03/2010 15:17 cc
Subject Freedom of Information request - RE:
Data Protection Act

Dear Greater Manchester Police,

Please provide the following information regarding your
responsibilities under the Data Protection Act (DPA):

1. How many requests do you get under the DPA each year?
2. How do you verify the authenticity of DPA requests?
3. Do you conduct regular DPA audits / have an auditing policy?
4. Do you maintain data on errors in information covered by the
DPA?
a. If so, please provide data for the past 5 years.

Yours faithfully,

Marie Griffiths

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Hi Marie,

This request will be treated as new, because you have taken over 2 months
to reply to the clarification requested in March. Furthermore, it would
appear that you have submitted (4) questions and not 5, yet you have
provided clarification to question (5). I would appreciate if you could
clarify this by return.

After receiving your reply, your request will then be considered and you
will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of
20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third
party.

If the requested additional information has not been received by 10 June
2010, I will assume you no longer wish to proceed with this request and
will treat it as withdrawn.

Kind regards

Corine

Marie Griffiths To [email address]
<[FOI #30194 email]> cc
Subject Re: Freedom of Information request
02/06/2010 16:51 - RE: Data Protection Act

Dear Greater Manchester Police,

Apologies for the delay in responding to your query.

I am interested in all requests received under the DPA. If you are
able to break this down by request type that would be very helpful.

Regarding question 5 I am interested in all personal data held by
GMP to which the DPA applies.

Yours faithfully,

Marie Griffiths

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