Don't forget the Human Rights Act coming into force later this year, it may too impact. > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 14 February 2000 11:17 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Experian/HESA > > > > Jonathan Bamford, Assistant Data Protection Registrar, announced at a > JISC seminar last Thursday that the HESA/Experian arrangement has > 'come to the attention of' the Data Protection Registrar's Office. > Presumably this is because HESA are trading in non-anonymised data for > the first time, which might turn out to be contrary to the 'fair > processing' principles of the Data Protection Act. > > I hope that we shall be informed of the outcome of their investigation > in due course. > > > > Anne Johnson, Assistant Registrar > Student Systems Office, Sussex House, > University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH > Telephone (01273) 678761; Fax (01273) 877389 > E-mail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%