Data Protection

DATA PROTECTION

Taxi Driver Data complies with the requirements of the Data Protection Acts and is registered with the Data Protection Registrar. It must be understood that Taxi Driver Data merely provides a method of recording a councils data and is not responsible for the content or the accuracy of data input by a subscribing council. Council departments will be well aware of their responsibilities under the Acts however and we provide below some basic guidance on the matter in the form of the accepted eight data protection principles. In addition there are further links provided to appropriate government sites giving complete information about Data Protection.

Taxi Driver Data is equipped with the ability to actually notify users of data they have recorded when it becomes due for review thus assisting councils in managing their data according to the principles below.

There are eight Data Protection Principles (“The Principles”) in the Act, sometimes referred to as the Principles of “good information handling” which Data Controllers (the Council) are required to comply with these are that:
Personal data:
1.	Shall be processed fairly and lawfully
2.	Shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose(s)
3.	Shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed”.
4.	Shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
5.	Processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
6.	Personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under this Act.
7.	Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.
8.	Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection of the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.

Other web sites providing further information:
The Information Commissioners Office Web Site
View The Data Protection Act In Full