It's important to bear in mind whether a duty of confidentiality is owed to
the deceased. I may be wrong, but I understand that a duty of
confidentiality doesn't necessarily expire when a person dies.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sukhvinder Hayer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:17 AM
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> Subject: [data-protection] rights of next of kin - passing of data
> subject's rights??
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anybody know that if a next of kin wants to access personal data of
> their deceased relative (son want access to data on deceased
> father)....then
> what is the position in law?
>
> Someone has mentioned that the deceased data subject's rights pass onto
> the
> next of kin - but I cannot find anything to this effect. Doesn't seem
> likely to me.
>
> Look forward to hearing from you,
>
> Sukhvinder
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincenzo Ardilio [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 18 September 2003 10:40
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [data-protection] Land Registration Act 2002
>
>
> Sorry if this has been covered before, but has anyone got any views on the
> new Land Registration Act 2002. Part of the new regulations under this
> Act
> will mean that the amount someone has borrowed on a mortgage, plus the
> interest rate, will become publicly available. Also details of leases and
> rents will become public.
>
> It seems that Exempt Information documents can be applied, which will
> effectively blank out this information in response to an individual
> request,
> provided it can be proved to be "prejudicial" - in other words it will
> only
> likely be the rich and famous that will be afforded privacy in this
> regard.
>
> Who on earth decided that it was in the public interest to allow other
> people to find out about other people's borrowing or rent payments?
> Surely
> this is in conflict with the spirit of the Data Protection Act?
>
> Vincenzo Ardilio
> Information Rights Officer
> Guildford Borough Council
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