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Paul, In a unrelated area I am currently going through a DPA request within a district council. I work in the waste management section and we have to go through the last 6 years' worth of missed refuse collection complaints for one person (the time period is set in our data protection strategy). The problem is that the recording system is totally paper based and we get 6 sheets of complaints (which, to be fair include sweeping requests, dead animals and the like too) a day for 260 days a year for six years. The moral of the story - GO DIGITAL ASAP!!!! The search is by hand - the worse thing is this is across the authority and the reasonable charge is ten quid but the requestee (!) is on benefit so that has been waived. Nightmare - cross your fingers and hope for he best. Cheers Paul On 23/8/04 12:57 pm, "Paul Cuming" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > In the 2nd edition of Informing the Future of the Past there will be a > section on the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information > Act/Environmental Information Regulations. To help write this section, it > would be useful to know if anyone has so far encountered DPA/FoI/EIR issues > as part of their HER work? > > Has anyone actually had a FoI request or come across a DPA issue in the > course of their work? Has anyone made major changes to their data or how it > is used in preparation for this? > > Any info, on or off-list, would be much appreciated.. > > Thanks, > > Paul