I am difficulty with access to archived records be they microfiche, paper or tape bak ups etc. http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/dpr/dpdoc.nsf The Employer/Employee Relationships Draft code of practice and management checklist says ......... Where the supply of certain data would involve disproportionate effort an employer has the right to withhold it. An example would be the provision of manual payroll information contained in a remote archive and held solely for statutory purposes. it also says satisfaction of the request does not involve disproportionate effort (eg: certain archive material held in a non-indexed form) It was suggested at the DP Forum meeting yesterday that ALL records should be disposed of by means shredding (in compliance with retention policies of course) as archiving will no longer satisfy the non access rights for a DS. Has anyone done done work on this and has anyone got a form of words in plain english to handle these areas please. As far as I know we don't throw anything away at all but I shall find out. thanks Sally Justice ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^