Hi all
just a thought that struck me, as they do on a wet Friday afternoon, but has
anyone considered the implications of the changes to the data protection act
that have just come into force. I have read, but cannot claim to know
categorically, that the new version gives a person access to any material
stored in a system on them and specifically extends to include paper as well
as electronic media. This covers all people as far as I understand,
employees, students, patients of doctors dentists, etc.
My thought, for what it is worth, is about someone who wants to find out
what someone else has written about them on their records and wants it in a
differing format to that which it was created. Say a person who is blind
wants access to their records and specifically is interested in the hand
written notes on them then they should be able to have those in an
alternative format. However would their right come under the data protection
act, the DDA, SENDA?
sorry to throw this one in to the melting pot.
cheers
marcus
Marcus Ormerod
Director of SURFACE
(Salford Research Focus on Accessible Environments)
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