Disclosure and Barring Service: Data Protection

(asked on 17th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the tool to redact sensitive case information used by the Disclosure and Barring Service is fit for purpose.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 25th January 2019

DBS uses a tool to redact sensitive documents which was selected by its technology service provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). DBS has reported some issues with the redaction functionality. These issues have been raised with TCS, and a new software release is currently in test for deployment.

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