Tim Trent on 21 July 2004 at 08:00 said:-
> Those who act honourably get my business.
As they do with the vast majority of people with any awareness.
> Decent and honourable practices cost cash.
That seems an odd statement, given the 'good management practices' upon
which the DPA is partly based.
Reverting back to the previous quote, such practices surely improve income,
and customer retention, by facilitating trust.
If the vast majority of people were sufficiently aware of the issues, the
bad practices would surely, as a consequence, die out naturally.
Ergo, good business would thrive, bad business would hide/die out.
Perfection! everybody may be able to fully relax in the future.
Could that be what is beginning to happen? I certainly see very few
resilient arguments against DP which stand up to any fair degree of
scrutiny.
Ian W
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> This gels with a study I performed in person a year ago, you
> know. Not
> totally congruent with it, but the essence is that large
> corporations only
> care just as much as they have to. The study is at
> http://www.marketimprove.com/inthenews.html at the foot of
> the page entitled
> 'Jun 11th 2003 FTSE 100 "Ignoring Data Protection
> Legislation"'. It seems
> to me to be just as valid today. I have been tempted to
> re-run it, but
> sampling the data shows that there is, regrettably, no need.
> It seems that
> only the corporations who have received serious complaints
> have moved at all
>
> Remember what the CBI is for. Effectively a trade union for
> corporations,
> or a "lobby group". Even if the UK is outside the directive
> I can't see the
> flow of data ceasing. I can just see people weaselling their
> way around it.
>
> My own feeling is pretty much worn on my sleeve. The law is
> important,
> albeit badly framed. Data about individuals requires
> protection. Case law
> or not Durant seems to me to be irrelevant to decent and honourable
> practice. Those who act honourably get my business. Thus
> the law should be
> properly enforced. If not properly enforced it should be repealed.
>
> So, to me, the CBI comment is expected. I disagree with their quoted
> statement absolutely. But I see precisely why they would say
> such a thing.
> Decent and honourable practices cost cash.
>
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