Ian Welton wrote
> I personally have significant difficulty in identifying any
> circumstance where personal data held in any system, could not be
> identified and traced. Can anybody think of one?
The usual example I give in data protection seminars is an
unstructured pile of paper in the middle of the floor in an
academic's office (but I have seen such "systems" in other
peoples' offices as well). Disproportionate effort might be
needed to establish whether or not personal data actually existed
let alone to find it!
John
J F Hitches
Data Protection Officer and
Information Security Officer
Kingston University
River House
53-57 High Street, Kingston upon Thames
Surrey, KT1 1LQ
Telephone/Fax: 020 8547 7768
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