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Article: Data Protection: Access Denied.(United Kingdom. Data Protection Act 1998)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- January 19, 2005
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The Information Commissioner's recent policy U-Turn provides a long awaited injection of logic into the area of Data Protection. For years employers have been held hostages to fortune by the much maligned Section 7 Request. By requiring disclosure of vast swathes of documents these requests have placed an enormous burden on employers who sought to comply. However, employers may now breathe a huge sigh of relief following the implementation of the Commissioner's new guidelines. These guidelines expand upon the approach taken by the Court of Appeal in the Durant case, allowing employers to deny access in the majority of cases.
The Importance of Mr Durant