I am pretty certain this is a different company. I-CD belongs to a
subsidiary of Experian. The other company now call themselves 1 (as in One)
CD though you would be hard put to notice the difference and were I
understand based in Malta with a mailbox address in UK which put them out of
reach of the ODPC. There has been a lot of confusion about this!
Alasdair Warwood
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: RE: Website
> Re 192.com Graham Hamer comments that "Clearly someone feels the website
> is a threat". I was told by someone a while ago that one search was
> performed on 192.com for Jill Dando's details the month before she was
> murdered. I expect it was used to trace where the recent winner on
> "Who wants to be a millionaire" lives, so that photos of her house could
> be splashed over the newspapers the next day. It could also be used to
> trace long-lost school friends etc, etc. i.e. it can be used for good
> or bad purposes.
>
> It's one reason why Web site owners/editors should think seriously about
> the level of personal data they disclose on their sites regarding their
> employees (and students in the case of an educational institution), EVEN
> IF THEY HAVE CONSENT! All you need is a name, and the place of
> employment. You can take a guess that the person is likely to work
> within a reasonable distance of their workplace, so narrow down which
> of the people returned by a 192.com search is your 'target'. Harrassment
> can then be taken to a far greater level as you now have the person's
> work and home details... etc. In a survey of public library Web sites
> I did a while back I found that one library Web site in Wales got round
> this by providing the first names only of their staff. Another couple
> of sites went to the other extreme and I was able to build up quite a
> dossier of information about one example staff member that I chose at
> random - full name, preferred first name, work hours, work address, tel,
> fax, e-mail, home address and tel, etc.
>
> 192.com simply makes much easier what is a perfectly legal activity in
> the UK - the right to consult an electoral register. As far back as 1997
> the Data Protection Registrar (as she was then) issued guidelines in
> which she made very clear her view that publication on the Internet is
> different from publication on paper because of the hugely greater extent
> of disclosure that can result. The DPC takes a dim view of services
> such as 192.com, which is why she was one of those pushing for the change
> in the law which takes effect next year that will allow UK citizens to
> opt out of the 'public' version of the electoral register that local
> authorities can make available (sell) to those who ask for it. They are
> currently obliged to make the full version available to whoever asks
> to buy it (I believe).
>
> I-CD Publishing (UK) Ltd are a registered company in the UK and have an
> entry in the UK Data Protection Register that describes their activities,
> at http://www.dpr.gov.uk/cgi-bin/dpr98-fetch.pl?source=DPR&docid=177318
> This would appear to be deficient however, as it does not list 'persons
> making an enquiry' as one of the disclosures (recipients).
>
> Best wishes,
> Adrian
>
>
> Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>
> Web Editor, Birkbeck College, University of London
>
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