** Reply to note from Alasdair Warwood <[log in to unmask]> Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:56:51 -0000 > > (Equivalent to the guard dog chewed the backup tape syndrome ... > > > Joking apart - Have been looking at Section 8(6) of the DPA 1998, > which covers routine deletions which may be made following the receipt of a > subject access request. Inherent in that section is that data must not be > deleted > merely because of the receipt of a subject access request. > > Clearly there would be a breach for deleting a document deliberately > following receipt of a subject access request; What would the offence be? > > breach of Principle 1 - unlawful processing? > breach of Principle 3 - not adequate? > breach of Principle 4 - not accurate? > breach of Principle 6 - not in accordance with subjects' rights? > breach of Principle 7 - inadequate security against unlawful processing? > breach of Principle 8 - sending the data outside the EEA and into the ether > ? Rex BAD boy!!! See what you've done with the b****y tape you chewed!!! I think (therefore I am not G.W.Bush) I have to go and find a happy mailing list to join http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/ Charles :-) ============================================== Charles Christacopoulos, Secretary's Office, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604. http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^