Source: Out-Law.com
A set of instructions on how organisations can stay within the Data Protection Act (DPA) while storing personal information has been published by British Standards (BSI).
National standards body the BSI wants its instructions to become a standard and has asked for comments on a published draft. It wants the eventual standard to help organisations to store personal information legally.
"This standard is the first of its kind in the area of Data Protection and is expected to be used widely by both public and private sector organizations," said Gordon Wanless, chairman of BSI's data protection forum.
