In a message dated 29/08/2001 12:22:35 GMT Daylight Time,
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<< In my own company, we would probably donate any £10 fees collected to
charity anyway (we would not aim to make money from our own employees), but
are drawn towards charging to minimise the number of access requests. >>
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The £10 fee is a maximum, not standard, charge and should not be levied as a
means of "making money from employees" anyway. It should also not be used as
a method of putting off (sorry, minimising) legitimate requests.
The fee can be charged but many organisations will not ask for the money -
maybe as a public/employee relations exercise.
Remember you will need your employees' consent for holding sensitive data
such as sickness details - how many of your employees will refuse that
consent once they find out you are charging them for a copy of the
information they gave you for nothing?
Ian Buckland
MD
Keep IT Legal Ltd
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