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• DPA Law [Search]
  Provides comprehensive information on data protection in the United Kingdom and Europe. Includes links to Data Protection Act 1988 and other related legal materials. Maintained by Stewart Room
• Patrick Gunning "Casenote - Spring v Guardian Assurance PLC" [1994] PLPR 113
  An insurance company gave another insurance Company a bad references about Spring, a former employee. There was no malice, so a defamation action was defeated by the defence of qualified privilege, but the reference was given negiligently. The House of Lords, by majority, held that the employer owed a duty of care to the subject of a reference (as opposed to the recipient), and that principles of negligence and defamation were different. The House of Lords decisions was in contrast with a number of New Zealand cases. Lord Keith, dissenting, thought the policy underlying qualified privilege was the same in relation to both negligence and defamation.
• UK - Data Protection Act 1998 [Search]
• United Kingdom - Office of the Information Commissioner [Search]
  Site of the former Office of the Data Protection Commissioner