Information governance
The Information Governance lawyers in the team provide expert advice on the application of information law to Lincolnshire County Council, districts councils, schools and academies, and to other external public bodies who engage our services.
The team has extensive expertise in:
- advising clients on all aspects of information Law, including:
- UK GDPR including responses to subject access requests
- data protection Act 2018 (including responses to data subject access requests (SARS))
- freedom of information act 2000
- environmental information regulations 2004
- advising clients on and also dealing with external information requests from other statutory bodies and organisations including the Information Commissioner's office, police, disclosure and barring service, office of the public guardian amongst others.
- advising on complaints received by the council both corporate and statutory.
The application of information law is complex. The team has the specific expertise to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. We have the ability to draft legal advice, letters and reports in clear, plain english.
A member of the team acts as Lincolnshire County Council's single point of contact for the local government and social care ombudsman. We liaise with different client departments to collate information and draft responses for corporate complaints to the local government and social care ombudsman.
