Q: At what point does the "public interest" override a person's DP
rights?
A: Perhaps, at the point at which you go running around plunging hammers
into the heads of six year old children......
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tinsley, Chris
Sent: 12 July 2006 15:23
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Subject: [data-protection] Release of personal data by a judge
List users may be interested in this ruling on Michael Stone who was
found guilty of a murder in Kent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5169776.stm
It raises the question that at what point does the "public interest"
override a person's DP rights.
(Is there a public interest clause inDP?)
Chris Tinsley
Wiltshire County Council
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