Hi My experience is that people take the 'structured' bit too literally, so I'd paraphrase the Commissioner's advice in the introduction to the act and add something like: [ie generally accessible to one or more people in the day to day operation of the organisation.] >Relevant filing system means any set of information about the individual >that is structured to allow ready access. " But you could go on for ever elaborating on things . . . . Alison - Alison Aiton, Scottish Middleware Project IT Services, Butts Wynd, University of St Andrews 01334 463528 [log in to unmask] http://www.gla.ac.uk/scotmid/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^