Julie, I think this is a problem for the marriage bureau chap. He is taking on the burden of becoming the data controller for his business purposes. It's therefore up to him to demonstrate fair processing and compliance with the subject information provisions. After notifying the Information Commissioner and being registered of course. You might consider reporting the chap to the Information Commissioner for non-compliance with the first principle (processing not being fair) for enforcement action and, if the purpose is not registered, also report him for the criminal offence in Section 20 of the Act. MD ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^