[Sussex] Computer Fair Tomorrow

[Iain Stevenson]

Someone just posted on the Cacert mailing ist about this - it's so Colin 
can (at a future date) prove to Cacert that his check was valid.  Although 
that seems to undermine an element of 'trust' !

  Iain


--On Saturday, November 06, 2004 16:15:18 +0000 Mark Harrison 
<Mark at ascentium.co.uk> wrote:

> OK, Now I'm very confused.
>
> If you don't do anything on a computer with the information, why is it
> collected?
>
> The whole point of this is to issue certificates, surely?
>
> M.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin Tuckley" <colin at tuckley.org>
> To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Computer Fair Tomorrow
>
>
>> Mark Harrison wrote:
>>
>> > Now _there's_ a legal minefield waiting to happen.
>> >
>> > I am happy to provide you with copies of my photo ID once you have
>> > shown
> me
>> > a copy of your entry in the Data Protection Register allowing you to
> keep
>> > copies.
>>
>> Since I only keep paper copies and they are only so that _I_ can use them
> to
>> refresh my memory if asked about a particular assurance I issued and they
>> are destroyed after a specified time then the following paragraph from
>> the Information Commissioners is relevant:
>>
>> "If none of your processing is carried out on computer there is no
>> requirement to notify."
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Colin
>>
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