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[David Hansen]

On 13 Jan 2009 at 22:27, Ian Batten wrote:

> It's a general rule of nature that anyone who invokes Health and  
> Safety or Data Protection as a reason not to do something is talking  
> rubbish.

I would add "security" to that list.

> The Data Protection legislation, which should  
> be a boon to the general public against the might of the state and  
> large corporations, has become a do-nothing excuse for jobsworth local  
> government staff.

Indeed and also jobsworth small company staff. Worse than that the 
officials, who are supposed to take up such issues when the public get 
nowhere on their own, are extremely lethargic. I don't know why I 
bother contacting these officials occasionally, they are fairly 
useless. Whether that uselessness is a matter of the staff or the 
system they work is another matter.


-- 
  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
 I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents 
me   
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