What planet is Redwood from??

Has John Redwood just finally proven that he is from Vulcan, completely out of touch with the human race or in fact does he have a salient point that the DPA is crippling British Business?

For sure, the Data Protection Act puts a huge burden on British Business, often without any rhyme or reason. How often have you phoned a company to find out something only to be told “can’t tell you that because……” It is absurd, infuriating and mostly unnecessary.

Yet, the reality is that it also serves to protect from the unscrupulous, those that would do us harm, impersonate us for ill-gotten gain or simply find out what they should not know. Imagine a marketing industry without the DPA and you might find a fair impression of hell.

I can’t imagine Redwood really meant “do away with it” surely he meant improve the workability, make it balanced and proportionate. If not he should set the dial to Warp factor 9 as soon as possible.