Agenda item

Report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor.

NB: This report was considered and approved by the Audit and Risk Management Committee subject to the Policy becoming effective within seven days of this Committee’s decision. The Data Protection Policy will also be considered by the Establishment Committee and the IT Sub-Committee.

The Committee considered a report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor concerning the adoption of a revised Data Protection Policy in preparation for the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force on 25 May 2018.

It was noted that the Audit and Risk Management Committee had requested that, if approved, the Policy should become effective within seven days of this Committee’s approval.

RESOLVED - That a revised Data Protection Policy be adopted as set out in the appendix to the report and that it become effective within seven days of this approval.

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