Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Monitoring Officer (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Monitoring Officer seeking Members’ consideration and adoption of the following policies:

·                Data Protection Policy (Appendix 1 to the report)

·                Processing of Special Category Data Policy (Appendix 2)

·                Document Retention Policy (Appendix 3)

It was noted that the Council had a legal requirement to comply with the Data Protection Act 2019 and the policies appended to the report would demonstrate how the Council processed its data.

Following presentation of the report by the Lead Specialist: Legal and Monitoring Officer, the Chairperson thanked the Officer for her report and moved the recommendations set out in the report. This were duly seconded and agreed.

RESOLVED

(i)             That the Data Protection Policy attached at Appendix 1 to the report be approved;

(ii)            That the Processing of Special Category Data Policy attached at Appendix 2 to the report be approved;

(iii)           That the Document Retention Policy attached at Appendix 3 to the report be approved;

(iv)           That delegated Authority is given to the Assistant Director of Resources in consultation with the Data Protection Officer to make any operational changes to the retention periods contained within the Document Retention Policy.