On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:03:42 +0000, Paul Hubert <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>BBC Radio 4's Today programme's Christmas poll this year is for the repeal
of a piece of legislation. Heard this morning - Craig Brown (a comedian,
m'lud!) arguing that CCTV is increasingly widespread and intrusive and
therefore the DPA 1998 should be repealed! Not for being a feeble
protection of individual rights and privacy but as if it was responsible
for the spread of CCTV.
If you're a saddo like me and wish to comment on this via the Today
programme website, you get a fairly prominent fair processing notice (prior
to writing your comment) which begins:
"The Data Protection Act 1998 regulates the processing of personal
information, setting rules for processing and increasing individuals'
rights to control how information about them is used."
Obviously, the programme editor who approved the piece hadn't read this!
Simon
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