I know there are a lot of orgs on this list who are subject to Audit by the Audit Commission. If interested, follow the link. Chris Just published on Hawktalk: <http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/> http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/ Data Protection: Who gets the Audit Commission's privacy invasive powers? The press coverage of last Friday's unexpected announcement that the Audit Commission is to be abolished failed to mention a key data protection issue: who is going to inherit its data matching mantle? The answer is important because the Commission's extensive, privacy-invasive, data matching powers were enacted by the last surveillance-addicted Government and extend well beyond a narrow benefit fraud remit........ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^