Agenda item

Report of the Remembrancer.

This report provides an overview of the political debate and supplementary details on the Bill, further to the report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor at your last meeting.

Members considered a report of the Remembrancer in respect of the Data Protection Bill 2017.  Members noted that this report provided an overview of the political debate and supplementary details on the Bill, further to the report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor, which Members received at their last meeting of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and which dealt with the City’s approach to implementing forthcoming data protection rules.  The regulations would be in force by May 2018. 

Members noted that, for their constituency work, each Common Councilman would be the ‘data controller’ and further noted the Comptroller was running a Development Session on 30 January which would cover the mechanics of the City’s compliance with the new rules. All members have been invited and, so far, 20 Members had signed up. 

The capacities of the City of London Corporation’s activities would be covered during the training session.  Members noted that Departments were very aware of the City Corporation’s dual roles and where they might overlap, and that the legislation would apply differently to the City Corporation’s public and private business. 

RESOLVED, that – the report be noted.