I heard a radio report yesterday which nearly got it right! It was on Radio
2 at about 5.30. A short financial news section featured a report which in
summary said:
employees can have access to their personal records for a fee of up to £10;
not all information must be provided - for example if the employer was
planning some redundancies they could legitimately withhold this
information;
it is not a new right - the Act has been in force for nearly two years.
What is new is a code of practice to be published by the end of this month.
It must be a first - an (almost) correct media report on data protection.
Stuart Lynch
Stuart Lynch Consulting
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sally Justice
Sent: 12 February 2002 09:08
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Subject: soon to be a new Act!!!
Anybody know why reporters repeatedly get their facts wrong?
Any reporters on this list I wonder?
I read again today in the newspaper
'soon people will be to access files containg their
personal details.... etc. etc. '
who did this publicity do you think?
I have had several phone calls form staff asking me if
I know anything about a new Act can you believe! Never
mind I circulate all staff every few months with updates,
run workshops and awareness session etc...
Ah well must be doing a rotten job I suppose.
Sally Justice
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