The Crown Prosecution Service transfers much personal data to other
parties. The categories that concern me just now are the following:
1. Barristers' chambers (it is unclear to me what their status is under
the DPA), where the data are left on desks, floors and in pidgeon holes
and everyone who walks into those chambers could have access;
2. Barristers (self-employed lawyers) who, in chambers sit surrounded by
such data on display, possibly read the data on public transport and take
it home;
3. Firms of solicitors (The Partners are, I believe, those legally
responsible for the actions of their staff); and
4. Solicitor agents (employed by firms of solicitors, but working for the
CPS) who probably treat such data in the same way that barristers do.
How do the following impact on each of the above categories:
A. Compliance with the DPA 1998.
B. BS 7799.
C. Status as data controllers.
D. Registration
E. Liability
From: Patrick Driscoll
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