In a message dated 09/04/2001 17:44:53 GMT Daylight Time,
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<< I read recently that the Commissioner was taking a Councillor to Court
(down
in Redditch) but no details have yet been published as far as I am aware -
anyone know anything. It's just that I am about to give advice to our
Councillors and it may be useful to point out what could happen. I presume
it is probably linked to mis-use of the Electoral Roll. >>
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The case is in relation to a Council Leader who obtained a copy of a database
containing details of Bromsgrove's free-bus-pass recipients. He used the
database on his home computer to mailshot them for party political reasons.
It would be interesting to see how councils will deal with this type of thing
in the future following the new guidance on the OIC website, essentially that
if a councillor asks for details of someone who lives in the councillor's
ward the council can ASSUME they have consent to disclose.
The advice sounds wrong (and dangerous) to me. The thought of my local
councillors asking for my details and being given them without me consenting
horrifies me!
Ian Buckland
MD
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