Tag Archives: Data Protection Act

An apparent lack of empathy


Yesterday I wrote about the process of requesting details from Political Parties of the details they retain after holding conversations with us as potential voters. My blog followed on from an earlier tweet which some of the local party activists and … Continue reading

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Subject access request


These words “subject access request” meant nothing to me until yesterday when I learnt that the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) developed this phrase to allow people like you and me to demand that organisations which are registered under the ICO to disclose … Continue reading

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What did you do with your data Daddy?


In yesterdays Telegraph, Sir Nick Partridge who is the deputy chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre wrote about the way in which the NHS has dealt with our data. “We must make sure there are no surprises for the … Continue reading

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How much is rotten part 2


When I wrote my blog yesterday morning on the mired state of the Defence Secretary (who as I suggested, might not be in post much longer – clearly not a difficult prediction!) and his colleague the Education Secretary, I could not have imagined that … Continue reading

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