Ian
These are amendments to the Data Protection Act made by sections 68-73
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Maurice Frankel
On 29 Jul 2004, at 15:17, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> When was this amendment passed? Can you please give a reference, such
> as an
> SI number? Presumably the ICO will change the "personal data" advice
> from the
> FoI stuff recently published which says: "It is also worth remembering,
> particularly in the case of unstructured information, which may be
> hard to locate,
> that public authorities need not respond unless they are given any
> information
> which they reasonably need to find the information requested." At
> present it
> says nothing about the 'description' element for non-personal data.
>
> So presumably the absolute exemption for personal data now has strings
> attached?
>
> Ian B
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