Visitor Management Records

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Dear Ipswich Borough Council,

Do you currently record details of visitors attending your council offices?

If so…

What details do you record? E.g. name, company name, who they’re visiting, etc.
Do you do this electronically or on paper?
How long are the details kept?
Is your method of visitor recording GDPR compliant?
How much per annum does the visitor recording method you use cost the council?

Do you currently record details of staff attending your council offices?

If so…

What details do you record? E.g. name, employee number, job title, etc.
Do you do this electronically or on paper?
How long are the details kept?
Is your method of visitor recording GDPR compliant?
How much per annum does the staff recording method you use cost the council?

Yours faithfully,

Elton Sanders

Ipswich Borough Council

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Ref No: FOI149619968

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Freedom of Information/ Environmental Information Regulations Request:
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Thank you for your request received on 2019-10-11 11:30:27 asking for
information about Visitor Management Records.

This request has been allocated a reference number of FOI149619968.

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Freedom of Information, Ipswich Borough Council

Dear Mr Sanders,

I am writing to confirm that the Council has now completed its search for the information which you requested on 10 October 2019 about visitor management records.

The information supplied has been provided by the department responsible for the service delivery.

Please find our response beneath each question:

Do you currently record details of visitors attending your council offices?
Yes

If so…they record

What details do you record? E.g. name, company name, who they’re visiting, etc.
Date, Name, Company, Car Reg, Who they are visiting, time in and time out.

Do you do this electronically or on paper?
Paper only

How long are the details kept?
24 hours closed at 5pm and put into confidential waste before 8.30am

Is your method of visitor recording GDPR compliant?
Yes

How much per annum does the visitor recording method you use cost the council?
No cost allocated

Do you currently record details of staff attending your council offices?
Only staff visiting outstations visiting from outstations for fire regulation purposes

If so…

What details do you record? E.g. name, employee number, job title, etc.
Date, Name, floor, exr number, time in and time out.

Do you do this electronically or on paper?
Paper

How long are the details kept?
Up to 48 hours

Is your method of visitor recording GDPR compliant?
Yes

How much per annum does the staff recording method you use cost the council?
No cost allocated

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Kind regards,
The Information Officer
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Ipswich Borough Council
Grafton House
15-17 Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2DE

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