HC Deb 25 January 2001 vol 361 cc723-4W
Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what categories of data not-for-profit organisations are exempt from having to notify under the Data Protection Act 1998; [146757]

(2) if voluntary sports clubs are classified as not-for-profit organisations under the Data Protection Act 1998; [146756]

(3) if voluntary sports clubs are exempt from having to notify personal data relating to membership lists under the Data Protection Act 1998. [146758]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Data Protection (Notification and Notification Fees) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No.188) provides an exemption from notification under the Data Protection Act 1998 for the processing of personal data by non profit-making organisations. The conditions governing the exemption, including restrictions on the purposes of the processing and the categories of data that may be processed, are set out in paragraph 5. Whether or not a particular body is a non profit-making organisation for the purposes of paragraph 5 will depend upon its specific circumstances.

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department is(a) national governing bodies of sport and (b) voluntary sports clubs will be able to store criminal records information on volunteers and coaches under the Data Protection Act 1998. [146760]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Information about individuals' criminal records is likely to comprise sensitive personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. Such data may be stored or otherwise processed if at least one of the grounds set out in Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act or in the Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2000 (SI 2000 No. 417) is met, and the other requirements of the 1998 Act are satisfied.

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce regulations regarding the notification of accounts and records data under the Data Protection Act 1998. [146759]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Data Protection (Notification and Notification Fees) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 188) provides an exemption from notification under the Data Protection Act 1998 for the processing of personal data for the purposes of keeping accounts and certain other records.

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce regulations to define a relevant filing system for manual records under the Data Protection Act 1998. [146762]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

"Relevant filing system" is defined in section 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Commissioner has given guidance on this definition in her publication: "The Data Protection Act 1998: An Introduction". It is available on her website: www.dataprotection.gov.uk.

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce regulations to enable national governing bodies of sport to store data relating to athletes, disciplinary procedures under the Data Protection Act 1998. [146761]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

National governing bodies of sport may store and otherwise process personal data comprising information about athletes' involvement in disciplinary proceedings provided that they comply with the data protection principles and the other requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.

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