You are assuming there that the authority accesses the WDTK profile page. If the DPA/FoI officers I've worked with are typical I'd say that is unlikely.
I feel we're in a bit of a grey area here and a lot more benefit of the doubt is being given to the authorities than I would expect to be given. But then I do tend to stick close to the rules with minimal interpretation and expect others to do the same. Comes of being an ex-union rep I think. Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Helen Cross <[email protected]> Sender: developers-public-bounces+stephenbooth.uk=gmail....@lists.mysociety.org Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:20:21 To: mySociety public, general purpose discussion list<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected], "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mySociety:public] Getting a bit t'd off with what do they know... All WDTK users have a profile page that lists the requests/annotations they have made, so authorities (or anyone else) can see that the requests are coming from the same person, unless they are using multiple user accounts. ------ Helen - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer. On 16/03/2012 12:11, Imran Ghory wrote: > Maybe I'm missing the point here: But if a council gets two messages > from people with the same name but different email addresses how do > they actually know it's the same person ? > > It's seems to me replying to someone with the same name but a > different email address is just incorrect behaviour and may well > violate the data protection act. Unless the council knows for sure > that those two email addresses belong to the same person they can't > just treat them as a single person. > > Imran > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Mark Goodge<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 16/03/2012 11:21, paul perrin wrote: >>> +1 >>> >>> I am happy to anonymous my requests - then they'll have no option other >>> than to use the single email address provided. _______________________________________________ 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
