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Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

Right of access to personal information

24: Precautions

You could also call this:

"Keeping your personal information safe when you ask for it"

Illustration for Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

When you ask a local authority for your personal information under section 23(1), they must check you are who you say you are before giving you the information. They have to make sure the information gets to the right person, which might be you or someone acting for you. You or your agent should be the only one to get the information.

If someone is asking for your information on your behalf, the local authority must make sure that person has your written permission to get the information. This is to protect your personal information and ensure it does not go to the wrong person. The local authority must have good procedures in place to keep your information safe.

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Part 4Right of access to personal information

24Precautions

  1. Where a request is made under section 23(1), the local authority—

  2. shall not give access to that information unless it is satisfied concerning the identity of the person making the request; and
    1. shall ensure, by the adoption of appropriate procedures, that any information intended for a person is received—
      1. only by that person; or
        1. where the request is made by an agent of the person, only by that person or that person's agent; and
        2. shall ensure that, where the request is made by an agent of the person, the agent has the written authority of that person to obtain the information or is otherwise properly authorised by that person to obtain the information.

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