I think this may also present problems under the Human Rights Act 1998,
Article 8; "Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family
life, his home and his correspondence." There is however exemptions.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Rochford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 25 August 2000 09:45
To: DPA-List
Subject: The Act and Email
Dear Colleagues,
I am being asked to provide copies of all emails held under one of our
users' accounts as part of a disclosure process under the DPA.
>From what I have read, I would not consider that private emails constitute
'personal data', and I do not therefore believe we have a duty to disclose
them. I would welcome views on this!
The email in question is held on a Novell Groupwise Account, and is, I'm
told, stored in some kind of binary format anyway. This, of course, may
present problems under the RIP Act in future.
Kindest regards,
Thomas.
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