The FOI Bill can be found at:
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmbills/005/2000005.htm
and PART VII applies to the DPA 1998.
As I understand it, the Bill extends the meaning of "data" by adding
another subsection to s1 of the DPA which brings "recorded information
held by a public authority" under that Act. In addition, it introduces a right
of access to "unstructured personal data".
S38 of the Bill seems to be saying that subject access requests for
personal information must be done under the DPA, not the FOIA. Any
other views on this?
Anne Kipling
Information Security Officer
Oxford Brookes University
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> > http://www.foipa.com/
> > The Freedom of Information Act
> > Public Law No. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048
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> I'm told there will be a UK Freedom of Information Act in a
> couple of years. Does anyone have a brief synopsis of how
> this will affect DPA issues, as Universities will be subject
> to the Act...?
>
> tim
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