>Was the officer incompetent or iniquitous? Whatever the answer it's a good example of what not to do for inclusion in my in-house courses. As the matter is already in the public arena it could be helpful to learn what action the Home Office is going to take to prevent future breaches of the Seventh Principle - and to learn of the IC's reaction to the breach. regards, Graham ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html 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 : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^