Could the Information Commissioner have stopped the use of ex-directory numbers by the press?
8 February 2012
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You have probably skimmed section 32 of the Data Protection Act, and seen that the exemption negates the application of all the Principles (except the 7th) and most of the data subject rights, if personal data are processed for a journalism purpose and if the processing is necessary with a “view to publication” of the personal data. You also probably have drawn the conclusion that there was not much data protection to be had, given the scope of this exemption
