Mary In short the answer is 'no'. Personal data are exempt from the subject access provisions if they are included as part of a confidential reference given (or to be given) by the data controller for the purpose of the appointment or prospective employment of the data subject to any office. Best wishes. Peter Carey >From: "Mary-Anne Piggott" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "Mary-Anne Piggott" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:59:28 +0100 > > >25.9.00 > >Dear Members > >Please could you help? Is it mandatory under the Data Protection >Act to let staff see references written about them by the employer? > >Thank you for your help. > >Mary-Anne >Ms Mary-Anne Piggott >Director of Administration >The Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln, LN1 3DY >Tel: 01522 527347 >Fax: 01552 530243 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] >www.bgc.ac.uk _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%