Couldn't agree more. The main point would be the definition of "personal information" I guess. Isn't this considered different from information that is publically available? (IANAL) I'd really like to see these guys take on Google though.... be quite entertaining :-)
http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/29322B8165E1E256CC256A94001 886CB!opendocument
Bah What a load of ... Firstly the lawyer, Mike Cronin appears to have confused mailing lists with newsgroups.
Secondly he says Principle nine of the act requires that "an agency that holds personal information shall not keep that information for longer than is required for the purposes for which the information may lawfully be used". "I think an archive of a newsgroup could well be covered under this principle,"
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