I would have thought that in this instance it was not advertising but giving
staff information similar to what you would find in a staff newspaper or
newsletter. Even if the information was on the organisations products it
would still not be advertising but would be classified as 'product
awareness'.
Tony Angel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Couldrey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 10 November 2000 08:43
Subject: Payslips
> Thank you mail base
>
> Upon return from The NADPO Conference (thanks to all for the enjoyable
> couple of days), I returned to a request about this very issue. The
Council
> currently sends out details with payslips about council business i.e.
Health
> & Safety notices, I'm quite happy with that. However the new move was to
> include advertising of external companies insurance services'.
> This I advised against this.
> Question though - what if the Council wants to advertise it's own fore
> coming events, (these are not related to the employees terms of
employment),
> is this still direct marketing - I thought so, any thoughts?.
>
> Paul Couldrey
> Data Protection Officer
> Wolverhampton Council
>
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