Care home director found guilty of ignoring request for personal information

HE WAS ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN £5K

- By SOFIE JACKSON [e-mail]

THE director of a care home has been fined for refusing to respond to a request for a resident's personal information.

Jason Blake, 56, appeared before Beverley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, September 3.

In April 2023, a woman requested personal information about her father from Bridlington Lodge Care Home, known as a subject access request (SAR). She requested incident reports, copies of CCTV footage, and notes relating to her father's care.

Under data protection law, people have the legal right to ask an organisation if it is using or storing their personal information and receive a copy of any personal information held. In this case, the daughter had the authority to request this information on her father's behalf due to a lasting power of attorney.