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GDPR gone mad - new council requirements for authority to act
What happens for people who have no photo ID? Is the Council going to pay for the cost of obtaining it?
Many local authorities genuinely believe UC is a great thing and UC ID processes are being adopted as examples of best practice. Staggering in one sense but not surprising in many ways.
That’s all very well, but the UC ID processes have no photo ID requirement.
From Oxford City Council on Twitter:
Oxford City Council (@OxfordCity) tweeted at 3:16 pm on Fri, Sep 28, 2018:
Hi, we’ve now reviewed the form, made amendments and removed the photo ID requirement.
https://twitter.com/OxfordCity/status/1045678643920457728?s=09
From Oxford City Council on Twitter:
Oxford City Council (@OxfordCity) tweeted at 3:16 pm on Fri, Sep 28, 2018:
Hi, we’ve now reviewed the form, made amendments and removed the photo ID requirement.
https://twitter.com/OxfordCity/status/1045678643920457728?s=09
Yes! Apparently the person who drafted the policy / form ‘didn’t understand GDPR’! Although agencies will still need to complete the (revised) council form. So clients will still need to complete multiple consent forms if we are advising on multiple benefit / other issues . The joy of endless paperwork.
From Oxford City Council on Twitter:
Oxford City Council (@OxfordCity) tweeted at 3:16 pm on Fri, Sep 28, 2018:
Hi, we’ve now reviewed the form, made amendments and removed the photo ID requirement.
https://twitter.com/OxfordCity/status/1045678643920457728?s=09
Yes! Apparently the person who drafted the policy / form ‘didn’t understand GDPR’! Although agencies will still need to complete the (revised) council form. So clients will still need to complete multiple consent forms if we are advising on multiple benefit / other issues . The joy of endless paperwork.
What on earth is wrong with these people? Why can’t they have one form with tick box options or space to write in the various benefit issues which may be required. You could always devise a list of fifty benefit issues, photocopy pre-polulated forms, have them signed by clients and then send fifty of each to the council for every client!