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BBKing · 31-03-2005, 20:03

Quite, Chris.

Pizza Hut know to come to the side door of the house when we ring them up. That's enough information on me, thanks.

One point - that spoof slightly blurs the line between private companies like pizza parlours, which can keep records on you for commercial reasons as long as they follow the DPA, and state institutions which are bound by the Human Rights Act (and long may it reign) which, as we've seen, can act as a brake on their more totalitarian ambitions.

Of course, the line between private and public is already blurred, but interestingly, private companies which are acting as an agent of the state (e.g. a PFI contractor running a hospital) *are* bound by the HRA, as they're considered part of the State, and quite right too.

Individuals have rights and corresponding duties - the State must have too.

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BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: ID Cards in Parliament. Quite, Chris. Pizza Hut know to come to the side door of the house when we ring them up. That's enough information on me, thanks. One point - that spoof slightly blurs the line between private companies like pizza parlours, which can keep records on you for commercial reasons as long as they follow the DPA, and state institutions which are bound by the Human Rights Act (and long may it reign) which, as we've seen, can act as a brake on their more totalitarian ambitions. Of course, the line between private and public is already blurred, but interestingly, private companies which are acting as an agent of the state (e.g. a PFI contractor running a hospital) are bound by the HRA, as they're considered part of the State, and quite right too. Individuals have rights and corresponding duties - the State must have too.