Adrian didn't mention it, so I thought I should add that this amendment
doesn't come into force until 2005.
Susan Graham.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Tribe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 03 December 2002 08:57
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] DSAR & Structured Files
It is worth remembering that the FoI Act amends the definition of
personal data in the DPA to include info held BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
in UNSTRUCTURED files as well as structured files, which has
Subject Access Request implications of course for those of us lucky
enough to be classed as "public authorities"! See:
http://www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00036--m.htm
Best wishes,
Adrian
Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GRAHAM Susan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 02 December 2002 16:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: [data-protection] DSAR & Structured Files
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GRAHAM Susan
> Sent: 02 December 2002 16:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: [data-protection] DSAR & Structured Files
>
>
> Clare
>
> Different people adopt different approaches to what is a 'structured
> manual file'. In the debates introducing the DP Bill to the House of
> Lords, the government specifically said that the kind of file you are
> talking was not a 'structured manual file'. However, the Information
> Commissioner does not accept this. So far as I know there is no case
> law on the subject, so who is right and who is wrong has not been
> tested. Many organisations adopt a cautious approach because they
> don't want to be the first test case.
<snip>
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