Shortfalls in the Data Protection Act 1998, identified.
We have just published on the website our response to the Government’s consultation on the Directive. However in our response, we have identified the issues in the context of the Data Protection Act 1998 so readers can see what the main problems are. There should be an extension of the Accessible Records definition to include employment records so that manual information on employees gain full protection from the Act. This would close an obvious loophole at a time when public and




