Visitor Management Records
Dear Angus 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
Dear Mr Sanders
Request for Information
Thank you for your request for information dated 10 June 2019 (received by
the Council that same day) which has been passed to me for attention.
You have requested the following information and I am dealing with each
point in turn:
Do you currently record details of visitors attending your council
offices?
Yes
If so…
What details do you record? E.g. name, company name, who they’re visiting,
etc.
See attached
Do you do this electronically or on paper?
Paper
How long are the details kept?
See attached for council offices
Is your method of visitor recording GDPR compliant?
Yes
How much per annum does the visitor recording method you use cost the
council?
No information held as it is not separately recorded
Do you currently record details of staff attending your council offices?
Yes
If so…
What details do you record? E.g. name, employee number, job title, etc.
Employee number, time in, time out, but see following question.
Do you do this electronically or on paper?
Electronically. Staff members who do not carry electronic cards are
required to sign in as visitors.
How long are the details kept?
Electronically 1 year. Where an employee leaves council employment
details are removed from the database after 1 month. Paper records of
“visiting” staff members are destroyed after 7 days.
Is your method of visitor recording GDPR compliant?
Yes
How much per annum does the staff recording method you use cost the
council?
This information is not held in a disaggregated format as the
electronically recorded information is not used exclusively for visitor
management purposes. For paper records see above.
I hope that this information is of some help to you. Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as of
today's date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given.
Further, Angus Council does not accept liability for any loss, injury or
damage which arises from the use of the information contained in this
reply either by you or by any other party. Please refer to the information
set out below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy
with how the Council has dealt with your request. If you have any queries,
please contact me on 01307 491992 or e-mail
[1][Angus Council request email]
Yours sincerely
Martin Friedrich
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Martin Friedrich | Paralegal-FOI | Place - Legal & Democratic| Angus
Council |Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | DX
530678
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