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This is pretty much standard practice in Europe. If you're storing/producing an information about an individual as an organization you have to operate on the a

by ig1 12y ago

This is pretty much standard practice in Europe. If you're storing/producing an information about an individual as an organization you have to operate on the assumption that the individual has a right to read it as in most cases they do.

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Symbiote 12y ago
The British implementation is called the Data Protection Act, which implements the EU Data Protection Directive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive Could Stanford just destroy these records after they've completed the admission process? Could a European university do that?
- learnstats2 12y ago
  Assuming the European university no longer has a need for the records, they are really supposed to destroy the personal data present, no?
dom96 12y ago
I currently attend a university in the UK and would like to request this information. But I'm not sure what the best way to do so is, who should I contact at my university (I presume the admissions department) and how should I request this information? Should I quote the Data Protection Act? Does anybody have experience doing this?
- pgl 12y ago
  You can make a request through the site WhatDoTheyKnow: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/university/all https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/university/all
- DanBC 12y ago
  Search your university website for "data protection". You migt need to include "policy". They should have a page with instructions. EG: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/finance/sec/dp/ http://www.uwe.ac.uk/finance/sec/dp/ They have to check your ID. They're allowed to make a small charge. They'll want to know what information you want. You can try saying "everything you hold about me" and they will give you as much as they can, but that will miss some information. For example, that wouldn't include all the occurances of your face on CCTV. You can request that but I think you need to be specific abot the date / time and there might be a higher charge.

by ig1 12y ago

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Symbiote 12y ago

The British implementation is called the Data Protection Act, which implements the EU Data Protection Directive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive Could Stanford just destroy these records after they've completed the admission process? Could a European university do that?

learnstats2 12y ago
Assuming the European university no longer has a need for the records, they are really supposed to destroy the personal data present, no?

dom96 12y ago

I currently attend a university in the UK and would like to request this information. But I'm not sure what the best way to do so is, who should I contact at my university (I presume the admissions department) and how should I request this information? Should I quote the Data Protection Act? Does anybody have experience doing this?

pgl 12y ago
You can make a request through the site WhatDoTheyKnow: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/university/all https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/university/all
DanBC 12y ago
Search your university website for "data protection". You migt need to include "policy". They should have a page with instructions. EG: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/finance/sec/dp/ http://www.uwe.ac.uk/finance/sec/dp/ They have to check your ID. They're allowed to make a small charge. They'll want to know what information you want. You can try saying "everything you hold about me" and they will give you as much as they can, but that will miss some information. For example, that wouldn't include all the occurances of your face on CCTV. You can request that but I think you need to be specific abot the date / time and there might be a higher charge.