Information Governance

Data protection, freedom of information, information security and information sharing

  • Cloud Service Utilisation and Challenges

    Section 1. Cloud Service Utilisation 1. Please indicate whether your council currently utilizes cloud services for any of the following purposes. Purpose Yes/No If yes, are these public/private/edge. Please provide details Data Storage  Yes Azure Microsoft Office 365 Data Processing … Continue reading →

  • Data Breach Incidents

    1. The number of data breach* incidents the council has had between 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023- date (March 2024) 2021/2022 = 8 2022/2023 = 38 2023 – 31/03/2024 = 45 Total = 91 2. Of these, how many were cyber-incidents**? … Continue reading →

  • Data Breach – Capita One

    1. Please confirm how the risk of data breach on the Capita One system is being managed. Following receipt of communications from Capita One, Devon County Council took immediate steps to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our infrastructure. … Continue reading →

  • Record Keeping Social Services

    I would like to know what the policies and procedures for record keeping were pre-1991. Devon County Council does not hold this information.

  • Council Use of WhatsApp

    1. Do you have a Policy/procedure that covers the use of WhatsApp within the Council? This can be either as a standalone policy/procedure or as part of a larger policy/procedure. If yes, please could you provide the most recent copy. … Continue reading →

  • Subject Access Requests data

    How many Subject access requests has Devon County Council received in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023? 2020 335 2021 393 2022 432 2023 to date 287 Please note this information and the response to the further … Continue reading →

  • Artificial Intelligence Software

    1. Does Devon County Council (DCC) use any generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) software? Devon County Council has not approved the use of generative AI software and as such, has no corporately approved software of this type within our ICT applications … Continue reading →

  • Information Risk Owner

    Please provide:  Name, title and contact details of the Councils Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) Matthew Jones Head of Service – Director of Transformation & Business Services Email: keepdevonsdatasafe@devon.gov.uk A Copy of the 2020/21 and 2021/22 Annual SIRO report – … Continue reading →