Six-month countdown to data protection crisis begins

Public and private sector organisations are facing a data protection crisis that will affect the way they store paper-based files, claims accountancy group KPMG.

In six months time, the ‘Transitional Relief’ exemption that applied to files created prior to the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) will come to an end.

Many private and public sector organisations have retained paper files that reference personally identifiable information. Some files collected prior to October 1998, a... (435 more words)

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