Datap on 13 July 2004 at 09:35 said:-
> Normally I feel it is sufficient to point out the risk of
> non-compliance, and leave it in their hands to do what they will, if
> they choose to accept the risk and ignore my advice, it is their
> responsibility, and you've done your job by registering your
> objections.
And of course such advice is fully documented and signed up to, as, as I
understand it, the ICO hold the DPO as well as the organisation responsible
for breaches.
Unless the ICO's stance has changed and DPO's now no longer hold any
responsibility for breaches by the organisation.
Ian W
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> Subject: Data Protection officer says YES!
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>
> Also in response to Tim I feel I must point out that as a Data
> Protection Officer, I've never been in a position to say 'no'.
>
> Normally I feel it is sufficient to point out the risk of
> non-compliance, and leave it in their hands to do what they will, if
> they choose to accept the risk and ignore my advice, it is their
> responsibility, and you've done your job by registering your
> objections.
>
> However, purely from a Marketing point of view I always say that 'No'
> is something I don't use, I say 'Yes - as long as you put in x y and z
> safegaurds' If the individuals feel that x y and z safegaurds are too
> much work or too prohibitative, and don't want to then undertake the
> issues, that's their decision to stop, not mine.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ralph T B O'Brien
> Group Data Protection Officer
> Metropolitan Housing Group
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