The factor that I find disturbing about the Durant decision is that it
creates a two-tier system where there is a difference between accessibility
of public and private sector records.
This is currently the case with Accessible Public Records where the data
(subject to any other exemption) is disclosable however it is held. Come
January it will be the case with any personal data held by a public
authority so long as the applicant can describe what is being requested.
That will mean that if I have accounts with a local authority and a private
company for (say) hire of venues then my rights to access information they
store about me would differ if the data were stored by both organisations
in an unstructured fashion. Surely the directive can't have been intended
to work in that fashion can it?
regards,
Graham
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