I'd like to say I'm impressed by the OIC over this one. When I phoned on
Monday I got straight through to the helpdesk and spoke to someone who knew
exactly what I was talking about and gave me the appropriate answer (pretty
much what is in the statement. Well done to them!
Andrew
At 10:15 18/07/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Irrespective of whether it is sCam/sPam - (incidentally I recall they were
>charging a 85GBP fee for what only costs 35GBP) the OIC was concerned enough
>to issue the following statement:
>"DATA PROTECTION ACT REGISTRATION SERVICE"
>
>We can confirm that there is no connection between this Office and a
>business trading as DATA PROTECTION ACT REGISTRATION
>SERVICE. Their correspondence does state this fact but we appreciate that
>a number of people have been confused and/or troubled by the wording
>and/or tone of their correspondence/e-mails. This is the cause of
>considerable concern to the Commissioner and we are in correspondence
>with the organisation, as well as continuing to monitor their activity.
>
>We should point out that it is not unlawful in itself to provide a
>"registration/notification service" to data controllers. However, other than
>paying the annual statutory notification fee of £35, there is no charge made
>by this Office to any data controller wishing to notify for themselves.
>
>Details of whether or not you are required to notify under the Data
>Protection Act 1998, as well as of how to notify through ourselves, are
>available on our website at www.dpr.gov.uk, or you can telephone our
>Notification helpline on 01625 545740.
>
>
>Peter
>
>
>Peter Wilson
>Data Protection Officer
>University of Paisley
>
>
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