Objectives of knowledge management

4 
Accurate
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In full: ‘
Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
’
It is clearly also in the interest of an organisation in an ongoing relationship with a 
partner that the data are kept accurate and up to date. Inaccurate data are defined in the 
guidelines as: ‘incorrect or misleading as to any matter of fact’.
The guidelines go on to discuss the importance of keeping information up to date. This 
is only necessary where there is an ongoing relationship and the rights of the individual 
may be affected if they are not up to date.