In message , Franz Heymann
writes

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message , David Hill
writes

Is the act still concerned with "keeping data in computer readable form"?

If so, we are one and all in dire trouble, because even if we keep our data
with a licked indelible pencil on the back of a used envelope, we might be
breaking the law, since a scanner can read that into the computer.
{:-((

Franz


Nope, doesn't apply to info held for domestic purposes.
--
hugh
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In message , Franz Heymann
writes

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message , David Hill
writes

Is the act still concerned with "keeping data in computer readable form"?

If so, we are one and all in dire trouble, because even if we keep our data
with a licked indelible pencil on the back of a used envelope, we might be
breaking the law, since a scanner can read that into the computer.
{:-((

Franz


Nope, doesn't apply to info held for domestic purposes.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

"David Hill" wrote in message
...

[snip]

they say in their last paragraph ....... "If you as an organisation or
company hold any personal or customer information, either in a database or
other retrievable format, then in accordance with the Act and under the
authority of the Information Commissioner, you must register as a data
controller."

There you see what I was bothered about in an earlier post. *All* data
whatsoever is now in a retrievable format, since the advent of scanners and
optical character recognition software.

The only data *not* in retrievable form would be data written on paper,
shredded and put on the compost heap.

( There you are. Back on topic)

[snip]

Franz

"David Hill" wrote in message
...

[snip]

they say in their last paragraph ....... "If you as an organisation or
company hold any personal or customer information, either in a database or
other retrievable format, then in accordance with the Act and under the
authority of the Information Commissioner, you must register as a data
controller."

There you see what I was bothered about in an earlier post. *All* data
whatsoever is now in a retrievable format, since the advent of scanners and
optical character recognition software.

The only data *not* in retrievable form would be data written on paper,
shredded and put on the compost heap.

( There you are. Back on topic)

[snip]

Franz

In message , Franz Heymann
writes

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message , David Hill
writes

Is the act still concerned with "keeping data in computer readable form"?

If so, we are one and all in dire trouble, because even if we keep our data
with a licked indelible pencil on the back of a used envelope, we might be
breaking the law, since a scanner can read that into the computer.
{:-((

Franz


Nope, doesn't apply to info held for domestic purposes.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Franz Heymann
writes

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message , David Hill
writes

Is the act still concerned with "keeping data in computer readable form"?

If so, we are one and all in dire trouble, because even if we keep our data
with a licked indelible pencil on the back of a used envelope, we might be
breaking the law, since a scanner can read that into the computer.
{:-((

Franz


Nope, doesn't apply to info held for domestic purposes.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Franz Heymann
writes

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message , David Hill
writes

Is the act still concerned with "keeping data in computer readable form"?

If so, we are one and all in dire trouble, because even if we keep our data
with a licked indelible pencil on the back of a used envelope, we might be
breaking the law, since a scanner can read that into the computer.
{:-((

Franz


Nope, doesn't apply to info held for domestic purposes.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Franz Heymann
writes

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message , David Hill
writes

Is the act still concerned with "keeping data in computer readable form"?

If so, we are one and all in dire trouble, because even if we keep our data
with a licked indelible pencil on the back of a used envelope, we might be
breaking the law, since a scanner can read that into the computer.
{:-((

Franz


Nope, doesn't apply to info held for domestic purposes.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message , Mike
writes


I will be passing the forms sent me to the local fraud squad....


David read the form and I think you will find that there is no fraud being
committed. From memory, I ditched the letter/form, it is your own
interpretation that makes it look official and that you 'have' to conform.

Snip
Yes like most con artists they know how to stay just inside the dividing
line. Personally I find the IC's website extremely difficult to
navigate. It's only because I knew the answer was there somewhere that I
was able to find it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting