Data Protenction Act UK

[Guest]

I wonder how many people here have needed to register under the Data Protection Act?

You are storing peoples names and addresses, and possibly other information too.

We enquired e few months ago about our personal setup and we were told that in our case, we do not need to register.

However, I suggest people find out for themselves for their own circustances. Try Here.

Also, we just had a letter from DCS (Data Collection Services) incinuating that we must register and failure to do so was a criminal offence and liable for a fine for up to £5000. Oh, and by the way their charge for this service is £95.

If you do need to register, then the link above says its only £35 quid.

I thought i'd warn peeps here, as this form may catch out the unwary.

[Guest [email protected]]

Hi Sculp...

youl'd better wait for a (legal) reply from Brooky's sister as you are

situated in the UK.

Personally i just know what the legal rules are in Belgium, Holland and

Luxembourg, and those are complicated enough. It all depends of the

combined personal data you store and the way you are storing it.

Cheers and have a nice day,

I will follow this thread with great interest!

Hank

[Al Brookbanks]

If you store any personal detail you must register for Data Protection. Funny you have just written this as we got our certificate today. It only costs £35 but worth it. CubeCart was not protected until recently and we WERE breaking the law.

For the sake of £35 its not worth taking risks and we want to keep things completely above board.

Have a read here:

http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/...tual.aspx?id=34

[Al Brookbanks]

To follow the data protection acts in the UK are quite strict in the UK and rightly so in my oppinion.

There is a myth that if you host a site in the USA or elsewhere you are exempt becaue it is not on English turf. This is bullsh!t.

I had a chat with a very respected London Lawyer who said that we had to register. And we store pretty similar stuff to the cubecart shop. For that reason I would recommend all UK shops to register for data protection.

As far as the possible scam goes I'm unsure... It could be a company who does the paperwork for you and decied on what you shouldn't declare on your behalf. If thats the case it could be worth while.. Not sure though. If you're unsure avaiod them at all cost.

[Guest]

LOL. I just found

Beware of bogus agencies requesting payment for data protection

registration. There is no connection between the Information Commissioner

and such agencies. You are advised not to reply or make any payment but to

notify the local Trading Standards Office instead. Remember the standard fee

for notification is only £35.

in the following document

http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/...SSES%20V1.2.pdf

Like I said, everyone should check their own personal circumstances for this. On reading this document, as cubecart holds customer data, it would seem I need to register, but like I said, we previously rang and were told we did not need to. (We were only setup in the house then though). I think we will be checking again.

[Al Brookbanks]

Maybe if your a sole trader it doesn't make a difference and companies have to pay?

[Al Brookbanks]

Notice the TM mark on the CubeCart logo too... I've had a lot of legal advice recently from a leading Internet Lawyer. That TM is costing me £200 plus a further £200 later I think!

[Guest [email protected]]

That TM is costing me £200 plus a further £200 later I think!

...and THAT all depends of the region you want to register it for.

To give you a similar example... i registered several trademarks (Brands)

in the Benelux (Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg) area for a 10 year

period and this put me down about € 500 per Brand. (price info 2003)

ERGO! you probably registered for a HUGE area or.. you paid too much Al!

Cheers.. Hank

[Al Brookbanks]

Yeah I think its £200 .. the paperwork is in the mixer at the moment.

;)