A good Friday question. I have had a situation like this in the past with
somebody wanting me to import training records into the HR database based on
a merge on the names. My reaction was NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
.. and that was with less that 2000 names and very much less sensitive
data.
In the 188 staff we now employ we have 22 pairs of non-unique
forename||surname and one triplet!
Stewart
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From: "Lisa Wingfield" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: [data-protection] assigning ethnic origin to people
I have been asked for an opinion on a research project which is soon to be
taking place within the organisations I offer support and advice to. The
situation is:
GP practices want to use some software which uses patient's names to assign
them individually with an ethnic origin. They then want to enter this
information into the GP system. They believe that this is acceptable
practice and does not breach the DPA. I have said that the data
quality/accuracy can not be guaranteed therefore would be in breach of the
DPA, but in addition to this I not convinced about the ethical/legal or
moral issues sounding this. Is there any legislation which will prevent them
from doing this?
Thanks
Lisa
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