UKNM: new data protection legislation

[siobhan]

At 09:32 AM 6/26/98 +0100, you wrote:

>Trevor May wrote:

>

>> Possibly, but the US and many other countries certainly don't (yet) have a

>> Data Protection Act or similar.

>

>As anyone here started looking at what the new data protection legislation

>currently going through parliament will mean for their clients? From what I have

>seen it will have a big impact on the on-line community.

>

>Craig Pickup


80% of the new data protection act is the same as the old one - but call the registrar (tel 01625 545745) to get a copy of the new bill which has had it's 3rd sitting and should be in place from around october