Your Business
Does your company comply with the obligations placed upon it by the Data Protection
Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations?
Are you aware that if your company processes personal information and it does
not benefit from a notification exemption, it is required to notify to the Office
of the Information Commissioner? Failure to notify is a criminal offence.
Are you aware that bogus agencies, posing as the Office of the Information Commissioner,
are sending letters to companies informing them that they are committing an offence
by not having a data protection notification and asking them for a cheque for £95?
The letters do look official and many unsuspecting companies have unfortunately
responded to these letters.
Are you aware that those individuals about whom you hold personal information
have the right to request copies of that information from you? Are you also aware
that you are required by law to provide that information to the individual concerned
within the timescale of 40 days?
The above list provides a non-exhaustive example of the issues which arise from
the Data Protection Act. If your company has not addressed the issue of data
protection or if the issue has been addressed but you have outstanding questions
or require further guidance, Westbrook Data Protection Services will be able
to help.