Personal information charter
This personal information charter contains the standards you can expect when we ask for, or hold, your personal information.
The Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) has an information disclosure policy, which explains how it deals with requests for information about immigration advisers.
The IAA also provides guidance on its use of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) information.
Data protection
The IAA is the data controller in relation to any information received by it for the purposes of its functions under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The IAA is registered with the Information Commissioner under the terms of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018. The IAA has regard to section 93 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, which, among other things, prohibits the disclosure of information it receives except with lawful authority, including where disclosure is necessary in the public interest.
Section 93 of Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
The act sets out that IAA may not share personal information. Specifically, it says that:
No relevant person may at any time disclose information which
(a) has been obtained by, or given to, the Immigration Services Commissioner under or for the purposes of this Act (b) relates to an identified or identifiable individual or business, and (c) is not at that time, and has not previously been, available to the public from other sources
Unless the disclosure is made with lawful authority (s.93(2))
Further Information
The privacy notice for applicants, advisers and complainants and the privacy notice for job applicants provides further details and clarification on how and why the IAA processes your personal data.
Contact
If you have any queries or complaints about the handling of your personal information, you can contact us at info@immigrationadviceauthority.gov.uk.