Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance providing an update on the Council’s approach to information management. The intention was to produce a similar report of data breached on an annual basis. The report set out the background to the matter; structures in place within the Council, including key roles; training provided to council staff; forms of data breaches and examples of enforcement action taken against local authorities and other public sector bodies; the position at the Council at the conclusion of 2015/16, together with a summary of the 22 incidents identified.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the report be noted; and

(2)       the Head of Regulation and Compliance be requested to submit future reports on an annual basis covering the Council’s information management and governance arrangements, including details about data breaches within the Council.