Readers with long term memories may remember the fuss being created last year over something called the Data Protection Act 1984 - a new law designed to cover persons and organisations using computer databases.

As with all laws, the detail is mind-bogglingly complex with lots of clauses defining who is affected, and why, and what they have to do about it.

To help, the Office of the Data Protection Registrar is issuing a series of bookleys explaining the law and its provisions. If you think you might be affected, you can get copies from Chambers of Commerce, National Computing Centres and a host of other places, or direct from the Office of the Data Protection Registrar, Springfield House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AX.