Disclosure Log
Disposal of IT hardware (FOI/5031)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 18 November 2024
Dear *****
Provision of requested information – Ref: FOI/00005031
Thank you for your request for information about the disposal of our IT hardware, which we received on 14 November 2024. Your request has been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).
The information you requested is:
1. Does the Council currently have a contract for the disposal of IT hardware from corporate offices and schools - Yes
2. If a contract is in place, which organisation(s) manages the contract – Nottinghamshire County Council manage the contract, the service is provided by Specialist Computer Centres
3. When does the contract expire – 26/06/2026
4. If no contract, what is done with the redundant IT equipment – n/a
5. Does the organisation have a separate arrangement in place for the onsite shredding of data-bearing assets, such as hard disks, solid state drives, USB devices, CDs and data tapes, or is data-containing equipment erased/destroyed by your contracted IT hardware disposal provider – Service provided by IT hardware disposal provider
6. Who within the organisation has overall responsibility for the disposal of IT hardware – Head of ICT Customer Support
Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to EIR requests. For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.
If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request you may ask for an internal review. Please contact: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected], who will arrange an internal review of your case.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact me.
Yours sincerely
Colin Sawers
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714