Data directive
Your article suggests that the Act prevents National Records of Scotland from informing local authorities about the upcoming anniversaries of residents. I cannot see any reason why this should be the case.
The Data Protection Act plays a very important role in protecting our personal information but ought not to be a barrier to sensible information sharing.
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Hide AdSometimes organisations misunderstand the law or simply use data protection as a duck out.
However, the law has not changed in this area and it is important that data protection legislation is not used as justification for withdrawing a long-held tradition in the UK which many people continue to enjoy.
We will be contacting the National Records of Scotland to address this apparent confusion.
Ken Macdonald
Assistant Commissioner for Scotland
Information Commissioner’s Office
Melville Street
Edinburgh