Irrespective of whether it is sCam/sPam - (incidentally I recall they were charging a 85GBP fee for what only costs 35GBP) the OIC was concerned enough to issue the following statement:
"DATA PROTECTION ACT REGISTRATION SERVICE"
We can confirm that there is no connection between this Office and a
business trading as DATA PROTECTION ACT REGISTRATION
SERVICE. Their correspondence does state this fact but we appreciate that
a number of people have been confused and/or troubled by the wording
and/or tone of their correspondence/e-mails. This is the cause of
considerable concern to the Commissioner and we are in correspondence
with the organisation, as well as continuing to monitor their activity.
We should point out that it is not unlawful in itself to provide a
"registration/notification service" to data controllers. However, other than
paying the annual statutory notification fee of £35, there is no charge made
by this Office to any data controller wishing to notify for themselves.
Details of whether or not you are required to notify under the Data
Protection Act 1998, as well as of how to notify through ourselves, are
available on our website at www.dpr.gov.uk, or you can telephone our
Notification helpline on 01625 545740.
Peter
Peter Wilson
Data Protection Officer
University of Paisley
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