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Data protection Act
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Mike wrote: "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Mike wrote: The Data Protection Act is very 'wooly' and has more holes in it than a worn out cardigan, A nice analogy. And, unfortunately, all too true. What surprised and amazed me was it depends 'how' use you it kept and used as to whether you a required to register. Even a list of telephone numbers with some details of those people listed on a piece of paper, 'could' make you be liable for registering. Stretching it I know but nevertheless :-( Not stretching it at all, I am afraid. The first DPA made it illegal for anyone to write a paper on a computer and include references without registering. The first Registrar said publicly that he intended not to enforce the Act in that respect. If I could have found a way to herd cats, I would have tried to get every academic and PhD or masters student in the country to apply for registration, and then taken the Registrar to court on the grounds of not responding in time. Not his fault, but it would have shown up the Act for the fiasco it was. The new one is subtly different. If you arrange a work party more than a specified period ahead of time, and have a list of people going and what food they have ordered, you must register. No computer need be involved. I am surprised to hear this. I had thought that the bit about "computer readable form" was part of the act. This must be a moderately recent addition. If not, I was acting illegally when I still worked for a living, when I told my staff that all the information about students' coursework was to be kept on paper until we got ourselves sttraightened with the DPR. ( I need hardly add that that was a pure formality, just to keep my nose clean. Neither I nor my staff paid any attention to my ukase.) Franz |
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