Volume: 5 Issue: 8
(August 2008)

Keywords:
opinion data protection commercial friend foe mike bradford director regulatory consumer affairs experian addressed audience approaching 200 westminster eforum

Jurisdictions:
London France UK EU Europe

Opinion: Data Protection - commercial friend or foe?

Mike Bradford, Director of Regulatory and Consumer Affairs at Experian, addressed an audience of approaching 200 at the Westminster eForum in London on 3 July. Bradford set the scene by reminding the audience of what the then Information Commissioner, Elizabeth France, said in her 2001 annual report: 'There should be nothing in the Data Protection Act which prevents the achievement of a legitimate business objective. What it does is ensure that the objective is met in a way which respects the rights of the individual whose data are being processed'.

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