No, in copyright law an NI number is a fact, and facts do not enjoy
copyright - so there is no copyright at all on a single NI number. There
will be protection, quite possibly belonging to the Crown, however, for a
collection of NI numbers.
Charles
Professor Charles Oppenheim
Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leics LE11 3TU
01509-223065
(fax) 01509-223053
----- Original Message -----
From: "davidwyatt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: NINO use - PHP
> Ive always understood NI number to have crown copyright.
> Not aware however how the copyright owner grants a permission to non crown
> users to use. (If they use without the copyright owners permission is the
> use unlawful) Presumably all users have to have permission for their use
in
> some form. Then DPA comes into play.
>
> Using as a membership number could well be less controlled in access terms
> than simply storing as a data item within a database.
>
> David Wyatt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Su Goulding" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:35 PM
> Subject: [data-protection] NINO use - PHP
>
>
> > I was a bit surprised to receive some information recently from my
> employer's health care provider which used my National INsurance number as
a
> "membership number".
> > Anyone on the list know if this is common practice? Seems outside the
> Inland Revenue purposes to me.
> > thanks
> > Su
> >
> >
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