FOIA introduces a new category of data (category e ) into the DPA, but only for public authorities. This category will widen access to personal data,that Durant might have prevented, but has an exemption for access to personnel data. See sections 68 and 69 of the FOIA. Nic -----Original Message----- From: Watson, Patrick [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 07 September 2004 10:56 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Interaction between DPA and FOI Can colleagues help me to clarify some issues relating to the interaction between data protection and FOI. Many manual files including personnel files do not meet the Court of Appeal (Durant) definition of a relevant filing system and are therefore not disclosable under the subject access provisions of the DPA. If a file is not considered to be personal data then what access is there to this file by the data subject through FOI? Thanks Patrick Email has been scanned by www.emf-systems.com for viruses and SPAM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^