The scenario:
An employee is doing a part time MBA course at a local university,
supported by the employer. Part of the course involves a study of some
aspect of management within the workplace. In order to choose people to
take part in the survey the employee either:
1. obtains an extract of a number of fellow employees from the
personnel/payroll system
2. picks names at random from the internal telephone directory
3. sends questionnaire to colleagues with whom (s)he has just happened to
work with from time to time.
The questions:
1. What is the legality/illegality of these methods as far as DPA 1998
goes?
2. Does it make a difference if the results of the survey will be used by
the employer?
Regards,
Graham
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