What is this and how is your Personal Data protected?
The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is a data-matching exercise carried out by the Audit Commission every 2 years. The purpose of the exercise is to detect fraudulent and erroneous payments of public money.
The Council is one of a number of organisations which are required by law - www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/80018--b.htm to participate in the NFI. The Audit Commission collects personal data from the Council and compares it with personal data obtained from other bodies such as other councils, central government and the NHS, to identify fraudulent or erroneous payments
The Audit Commission complies with the DPA and Human Rights Legislation and follows the Code of Data-Matching Practice 2006.
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Fair Processing
This authority is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
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