What can I have rectified?

This right provides you with a route to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data investigated by the Council’s Information Management Service and if this is found to be inaccurate to have the record rectified.

The Data Protection Act 2018 states that personal data is inaccurate if it is incorrect or misleading as to any matter of fact.

If you are requesting the right to rectification in relation to a record of opinion, such as from a professional on a social care record, these can be difficult to conclude that an opinion is inaccurate.  In these situations, we will ensure the record shows clearly that the information is an opinion and, where appropriate, whose opinion it is.  As it may be difficult to say that it is inaccurate and needs to be rectified, we will ensure that your opinion in is added to the record.  This will ensure that both opinions are available for use in the future and for any further decision making.