My own humble opinion - yes, I know you don't want opinion but I'm giving it
anyway - is that "disproportionate effort" means "how prepared are we to risk
the wrath of the data subject and the investigative powers of the ICO in
refusing this request?"
Ian B
Ian Buckland
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In a message dated 23/02/05 19:45:33 GMT Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
> Am I alone in finding this wording so
> woolly as to be unhelpful? So far as I can see a Data Controller having the
> ability to stonewall - not in the spirit of the law, I feel. I wonder why I
> was sure there was a better definition. Must be one of the things about old
> age
>
> So help me out. In this definition is it disproportionate if it costs £100?
> Or £500, or, going up in (say) £500 increments now, at what point is it
> entering the realms of disproportionate?
>
> If it is a topic where the effort may be huge but the damage caused may be
> huge, where is the line to be drawn?
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