One of my former students has just mailed me with a DTP query I'd
like to share...
He had an Egg card, and cancelled it. Some time later, he casually
tried to access the Egg website, and discovered to his surprise that
the account still appeared to be live. When he queried this with Egg,
they told him:
> For our own business reasons we retain application data on file, as
> permitted by the Data Protection Act 1998. Currently we store
> application data for six years.
>
> For your reassurance, all the information you've provided us with
> is covered by this act. This regulates the way we use your
> information and the purposes for which it's gathered. The Data
> Protection Act stipulates that we must not keep your personal data
> for any longer than necessary.
The former student's query:
> My query is over the statement of keeping data for longer than
> necessary, and I don't understand why they should keep my data for
> six years!! Seems a bit long.
So, DTP gurus - IS six years 'a bit long'?
Is there any consensus on just how long 'as long as necessary'
actually is?
Comments appreciated!
- duncan
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Dr Duncan Langford Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at
Canterbury UK
Practical Computer Ethics:McGrawHill Business Computer
Ethics:AddisonWesley
'Internet Ethics' - MacMillan Press (UK) and St Martins Press
(USA)
'Professional Issues in Computing' forthcoming (2007) from
Thompson
'Interviewing in Social Care' forthcoming (2007) from MacMillans
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