You are right in your thinking but only where the organisation holding the manual file is not
a public authority.
The Freedom of Information Act has extended the definition of data in the Data protection
Act to include a fifth category of data which includes totally unstructured data and data
that is filed in a system that is not as structured as a relevant filing system. However, thi
samendment is only applicable where the organisation is a public authority.
Samantha
Samantha Hill
Complaints Officer
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth PO1 2UP
Tel: 023 9284 3642
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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