** Reply to note from [log in to unmask] Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:27:10 +0000
Not picking on your message Antoinette just wondering ;-)
> 1. The fact that information has already been supplied recently does not
> exempt them from supplying it as part of the SAR.
On that basis would a bank or credit card company supply free of charge
previous statements, till receipts etc ?
Don't think so. Anyone willing to test it ? :-)
> 2. The fact that the information is already readily available means, by
> definition, that there is not an argument for "disproportionate effort" in
> providing it.
> 3. If the member of staff wants the information, they are entitled to
> it, no matter what their intentions are in asking for it.
> Hope that helps.
They should supply it and be done with it.
Charles
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Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer,
Planning & Information, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN,
Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-201604.
http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/
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