http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=9716 OUT-LAW News, 16/01/2009 A Government plan to allow more extensive sharing of personal data is not restricted to the public sector and could result in Government-collected information being shared with private companies, a privacy expert has said. Can I add to RJ's commentar that as far as I can see there is to "information sharing" by Ministerial order protected by a Code of Practice that relates to "personal data". This could be very "interesting". I am doing a session on this at the Update meeting at PM on 26th Jan (details from www.amberhawk.com) Dr. C. N. M. Pounder Director, Amberhawk Training Ltd Phone: 0845 680 2623 or Mob: 07735 365 585 amberhawk www.amberhawk.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^