Clementine
surely something to bring up at our meeting in July!
But for my part - Durrant makes no difference what-so-ever to me.
I'm firmly of the belief of a culture of an open public sector, so if
they ask for it and we can find it, (at least in my organisation) they
can have it, and that to me is the very spirit and essence of the DPA.
I'm firmly of the belief the 'relevant filing system' was orginally
only there so you wouldn't have to search through every managers desk
draws for random bits of paper about a given request. I also believe
the court of appeal set a dangerous prescident by interpretting this to
get rid of a vexatious complainant, everyone now looks to the Durrant
ruling as an excuse to get out of providing the public with their basic
rights to know what we have.
Anything else is a dangerous and retrograde step.
Ralph T B O'Brien
Group Data Protection Officer
Metropolitan Housing Group
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>>> Clementine Amawo <[log in to unmask]> 25/06/2004
09:42:01 >>>
This question is directed more to those in the housing sector
/industry.
I'd be interested in finding out whether other G17 are planning to
change
their 'Access to Personal Information' policies following the Durant v
FSA
case and the Information Commissioner's advice.
Cheers
Clementine Amawo
Information Management Officer
Circle 33 Housing Group
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