Exemptions
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For
those who hold personal information about others:
There are certain circumstances under the Data Protection Act where you will
not face any legal obligations , depending on who the information relates to
and how it is held:
 | To whom the information relates
If the information you hold relates to living individuals who can
be identified by the information, then the legal obligations contained
within the DPA apply to you.
If one item of information can be used to identify the individual
concerned in conjunction with another item of information you hold, or
expect to hold at some point in the future, then the obligations also
apply to you.
No obligations under the DPA arise where the information relates to
businesses, companies or other organisations, (unless the information that
relates to a business is personal information, e.g. sole traders (where
information about the business is information about the individual) |
| How the information is held
Only information about individuals which is held on computer or
is on paper and sorted by reference to individuals are subject to the Act |
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