Disability Office Appointment

[Phil Thomas]

Phil,
Are CS legally able to deal with confidential information? I have never thought about this! At least, the legality aspect of it. However you are an arbiter, and if you don't believe that it is going to have any impact upon arbiters then I bow to your knowledge and experience.

John,
I don't know the answer to your question.

However CS officials should be aware of the legal situation (particularly the Data Protection Act) before committing to storing confidential information - data on disability inevitably implies medical data. Which may well have more stringent controls than the data already stored by CS.