[log in to unmask] on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 7:35 AM said:-
> Any signature stored on
> its own means nothing and therefore is nothing.
I would agree with you if it were not for autographs. Post Durrant I have
no knowledge of how they would be dealt with.
Pre Durrant they would be personal data. So if the risk to the data subject
was increased by use beyond the originally intended purpose (written in an
autograph book), say by publishing a collection of autographs on the web
there would have been recourse to DP. If the data subject were a lowly paid
politician or similar (at least I think it possible there some people who
collect politicians autographs) that recourse would have been affordable and
the relative cost could have matched the level of risk.
Now it is probable other legal mechanisms would need to be invoked. But
which ones, at what cost, how effective, and would they be recognised
internationally without significantly raising the price of the protection
afforded? Would an answer of this type be an option for everybody?
And that is without considering where signatures may have become commercial
assets.
Ian W
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