A tape is "just a tape" unless one knows how to unravel the data held upon
it. It is probabaly not even data within the meaning of the DPA1998 when it
is mounted in/on a computer. All it has on it is binary zeros and ones that
can only be interpreted by relevant software. And (again this depends on
the nature of the backup) even a backup is not, of itself, a ready archive
of emails in systematically retrievable form.
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] FW: [data-protection] Back-up
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lc.uk>, at 12:17:11 on Thu, 20 Jan 2005, "Burns, Margaret"
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>As far as I am aware any information held on computer is not exempt and
>storing and archiving are classed as forms of processing so I would say
>this Not be exempt
Pedantically, what if the data isn't on a computer, but is on a tape
cartridge in a fire safe?
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Roland Perry
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