Under the old marking scheme some organisations (particularly those who handled a lot of sensitive material) used [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED] as a means of clearly identifying data not covered by the protective marking scheme. - though others just didn't bother marking such data.
Under the new scheme introduced in April 2014, the concept of [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED] government data was abolished and data previously covered by unmarked, Protect and Restricted were all swept into a the new category: OFFICIAL. There is no requirement to mark anything OFFICIAL, but all communication from Government unless marked with a higher protective marking is considered to be OFFICIAL.
Phil is right to point out that th change is approach has rather blurred the distinction between data that was "protectively marked" for national security purposes and that which was just government data or personal data. The schem can ow more accurately be described as a classifcation scheme rather than a protective marking scheme.
You should no longer be receiving Government data marked [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED] - except from departments who do not understand the marking scheme. If marked at all, this ought be marked as OFFICIAL.
Seth Speirs
Assistant Departmental Security Officer
Public Prosecution Service
(028 905) 44789
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