1996-02-10 - Re: Fair Credit Reporting Act and Privacy Act

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Message Hash: 3e3992000ce38d813e2a3b83699b7ecff07b6d6805188fa115eb137da4be6fc0
Message ID: <199602100357.TAA22191@ix10.ix.netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-10 02:29:04 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 9 Feb 96 18:29:04 PST

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 96 18:29:04 PST
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Fair Credit Reporting Act and Privacy Act
Message-ID: <199602100357.TAA22191@ix10.ix.netcom.com>
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At 06:28 AM 2/9/96 -0500, Duncan wrote, regarding the appallingly
invasive British Privacy Act:

>Computer bureaux which process personal data for others or allow data users
>to process personal data on their computers must also register. Their
>register entries will contain only their name and address.
>
>Data users and computer bureaux who should register but do not, are
>committing a criminal offence, as are those operating outside the
>descriptions contained in their register entries. In these cases the
>Registrar regularly prosecutes. The penalty for non-registration can be a
>fine of up to £5,000 plus costs in the Magistrates Courts, or an unlimited
>fine in the Higher Courts."

Ouch - does this mean that if you offer shell accounts, you either have
to contractually limit the processing your users may do, or be fined
as a criminal for not registering?

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