ICO adds guidance for care homes and supported housing

The ICO has recently added guidance on processing the personal data of residents in care home, supported housing, and similar circumstances.

The guidance consists of two parts:

Examples in the normal ICO guidance such as https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/lawful-basis/special-category-data/what-are-the-conditions-for-processing/#conditions8

An interesting article by Chris Taylor, Head of Regulatory Policy Projects for the ICO, in Care Home Professional which can be viewed at https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/guest-column-ico-on-how-to-stay-on-right-side-of-gdpr/.

And don’t forget you can always contact us, as we support many clients work in this area.