** Reply to note from Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]> Tue, 02 May 2000 08:03:22 +0100
> Research that I have just carried out for a conference paper I'm
> presenting tomorrow shows that out of all the local authority Web sites
> in one County in England, 69% are not complying with the requirements
> of the DPA on the issue of Web disclosure of personal data. A similar
> survey of UK university Web sites that I did last year gave a figure of
> 62% for non-compliance in that sector
Adrian, in case it helps with tomorrow's presentation. How do you come to
the figures. On all material published on the web - I am thinking for our
institution - there is no indication of it being legal or illegal (of
course it is legal B->] ).
In no site is there a statement saying what is/is not legal. Are you,
therefore making an assumption that disclosure of certain details breaks the
law? Who is to say, how can we tell, that individual staff or students
(whose personnal details are published) have not given explicit
consent?
Regards
Charles
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