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Originally Posted by Digbert
Surely the very act of stripping personally identifiable material is processing that data as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998.
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it is.....
the very fact Phorm or the ISPs NEVER mention or answer the question when ever the word "
collecting" or "
retrieval" of your datastream, comes up, and always just directly jumps to
storeing to try and fudge the unwary interviewer or viewer gives that away.
its a shame the word "
derivative" didnt get used in the act directly , as that would have made it cristal clear to anyone remotely thinking about the subject understand it in relation to the copyright laws....
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998..._en_2#pt1-l1g1
“
processing”, in relation to information or data,
means obtaining, recording or
holding the information or data
or carrying out any operation or set of operations on the information or data, including—
(a)
organisation,
adaptation or alteration of the information or data,
(b)
retrieval, consultation or use of the information or data,
(c)
disclosure of the information or data by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, or
(d)
alignment,
combination, blocking, erasure or destruction of the information or data;
“relevant filing system” means any set of information relating to individuals to the extent that, although the information is not processed by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose, the set is structured, either by reference to individuals or by reference to criteria relating to individuals, in such a way that specific information relating to a particular individual is readily accessible.
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