But the request isn't from WDTK, it's from a user of what do they know. The fact that WDTK collates and presents the content of the mail should not make be conflated with the request being from WDRK (IANAL, I'm approaching this from a common sense point of view). If they applied that it would be like saying that a reply to a request from [email protected] could be sent to [email protected] and be legal as they are both hotmail. In each case the 'company' is just acting as an intermediary between the originator of the request and the recipient, WDTK is acting as a specialised webmail service with added features and support for the end user.
Stephen Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Colm Howard-Lloyd <[email protected]> Sender: developers-public-bounces+stephenbooth.uk=gmail....@lists.mysociety.org Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:39:17 To: mySociety public, general purpose discussion list<[email protected]> Reply-To: "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" <[email protected]> Cc: mySociety public, general purpose discussion list<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mySociety:public] Getting a bit t'd off with what do they know... There is a legal precedent (Bernuth Lines Ltd) that ruled that any valid email address at a company could be used for the service of documents. Although applying only to maritime arbitration cases, it would suggest perhaps that any valid WDTK address might constitute a valid response. On 16 Mar 2012, at 10:24, Stephen Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 March 2012 07:58, Seb Bacon <[email protected]> wrote: >> FYI, every outgoing email already says "Please use this email address >> for all replies to this request: [email protected]" at the >> bottom. Other ideas for user education welcome :) >> > > Could the ICO be encouraged to view a reply sent to an email address > other than that in the From: or Reply-To: headers of or specified in > the body of the original emailed request as not being a reply, even if > the authority believe or claim to believe it went to the same person? > > Stephen > > -- > It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. > > http://stephensorablog.blogspot.com/ | > http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenboothuk | Skype: stephenbooth_uk > > Apparently I'm a "Eierlegende Woll-Milch-Sau", I think it was meant as > a compliment. > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/colm%40truthmonkey.org _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/stephenbooth.uk%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
