At 06:28 AM 2/9/96 -0500, Duncan wrote, regarding the appallingly invasive British Privacy Act:

Computer bureaux which process personal data for others or allow data users to process personal data on their computers must also register. Their register entries will contain only their name and address.

Data users and computer bureaux who should register but do not, are committing a criminal offence, as are those operating outside the descriptions contained in their register entries. In these cases the Registrar regularly prosecutes. The penalty for non-registration can be a fine of up to =A35,000 plus costs in the Magistrates Courts, or an= unlimited fine in the Higher Courts."

Ouch - does this mean that if you offer shell accounts, you either have to contractually limit the processing your users may do, or be fined as a criminal for not registering? #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com / billstewart@attmail.com= +1-415-442-2215 # http://www.idiom.com/~wcs