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From: paj@mrcu (Paul Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Lotus Marketplace
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Date: 21 Nov 90 09:48:13 GMT
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Here in the UK we have the Data Protection Act (DPA).  Apart from
exceptions to just about every rule for "National Security", it is
pretty restrictive towards "information holders".  Only two gaping
holes:

1: It only applies to computer files (my university kept paper records
   specifically so that students would not have the right to inspect
   them!)

2: Inspecting your record on a database costs ten pounds (statutory
   fee).  This sounds OK till you realise it is a per-database fee,
   not a per-organisation fee.  Checking your credit records can be an
   expensive buisness.

I think that Lotus Marketplace would be illegal here.  Can someone
with more knowledge of the DPA confirm this?

Paul.
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