Subject: Subject Access Request Case ID - 202502256
From: HSCP IGT <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:26:45 +0000

Classification - Official - Sensitive

Dear Sir/Madam

Subject Access Request

I refer to your letter/email dated 12 December 2025 where you have requested a copy of your client Donald Stewart'c childhood social work records.  Please find attached a further file which has been located for your client.

The Council has placed reliance on an exemption from disclosure under the Data Protection Act 2018 which permits the redaction of data where this is possible and where this is not possible, to withhold the data in its entirety. The exemption is:

(i) Exemption where information to be disclosed would include personal data relating to another party. This exemption has been used to redact personal data of third parties that is contained within the file supplied to you.

The following information is standard information provided to all subject access applicants:

You can find out more about how the Council processes any personal data in the Council's Privacy Notice which is available at https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/privacy<https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/site-basics/privacy>
The Council will retain any personal data held for the period set out in the Council's Policy for the Retention and Disposal of Records referred to in the Council's Privacy Notice. After the relevant period has expired any personal data held will be securely destroyed.
You have the right to require the Council to correct any inaccuracies in personal data held and in some cases to restrict the processing of any personal data held or request that any such data be deleted.
I trust the enclosed information is of assist to you. However, if you are dissatisfied with the way your Subject Access Request has been dealt with, you have the right to complain to the Council's Data Protection Officer at:

Data Protection Officer
Inverclyde Council
Municipal Buildings
Greenock, PA15 1LY
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

You also have the right to complain directly to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
Tel: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/concerns

If you would like to discuss this process further please contact us on the details provided at the top of this letter.

Your sincerely

Information Governance
Legal, Democratic, Digital & Customer Services

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