Freedom of information response
Sharing Agreements
I am requesting a copy in electronic format (PDF, DOC, DOCX or any other word-processing format), or a direct link to where a copy can be found, of all Information Sharing Agreements (These might also be named Data Sharing Agreements, Data Privacy Impact Assessments, Business Privacy Impact Assessments, etc) used within the Supporting Families programme within the Council, as well as, if possible within the reasonable time limit, any other sharing agreements used between council departments and partner organisations, where the Council is the author of the document.
For example, an ISA between Housing and the directorate responsible for Supporting Families, between Adult Social Care and Community Safety, etc.
Any documents returned will, if the Council so wishes, have the council details redacted, and directorates given generalised titles, before all documents are meta-tagged and included in a searchable database of ISAs as a proof of concept for a dissertation into better analysis of legal gateways to share information effectively. If your Council would like a link to the finished exemplar database, please include a contact email address.
If the document has been registered with the Cabined Office for use of the Digital Economy Act, please indicate in the return.
Please see appendix A attached
You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own use, including non-commercial research purposes. However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner.
Where the copyright is owned by Thurrock Council, you must apply to the Council to re-use the information. Please email information.matters@thurrock.gov.uk if you wish to re-use the information you have been supplied. For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the council have managed your FOI request you can pursue an Internal Review by contacting us using the above email address. An internal review must be submitted within 40 working days of your original reply. Your request will be considered by a senior member of the Information Management Team who will update you with the outcome of the review.
If you remain unhappy following the outcome of your Internal Review you may wish to refer your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and details of this organisation can be found at www.ico.org.uk . Please be advised that the ICO will not consider your case until they have confirmation that you have already been through the Internal Review stage with the council.