This, however, is most unlikely if you have made genuine attempts to comply with the legislation. You also need to bear in mind the pastoral difficulty that may result from honouring subject access requests if appropriate care has not been taken in what is kept on files. In the first instance please contact your diocesan data protection officer at your diocesan office. This guide has been issued by the Archbishops Council of the Church of England and is the product of liaison with dioceses and with the Data Protection Commissioner s office. No guide of this length can be comprehensive and you are advised to obtain further advice if appropriate.
Liability rests with each legal entity concerned.