Believe me it DOES cause stress at times if someone believes you are from
another race, though, Paul, you are entitled to your viewpoint.
Take, for example, a person who has formed a new life after being a refugee
form a country of persecution, and changed their surname to approximate to
their original one, yet (eg) Anglicised it. Watch THEIR reaction to
receiving a letter reminding them that they can still be found by a prior
persecutor.
This is not an unreal scenario. My father fled Nazi persecution in Vienna
in 1938. While he disguised his roots with success, one hint of someone
even guessing his roots in a paper trail would have caused him extreme
panic.
I do appreciate that one is not alarmed by such events if secure in one's
identity and if living in a free and democratic country, but those from
other races are not always here (or away form their origins) out of free
choice, and many live in either real or imagined fear. Triggering that fear
is not humane. Whether the proposal is illegal is one thing. It is not
moral.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Couldrey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 December 2001 08:28
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Marketing Issue
As a person who is constantly mistaken for another race, people think
couldrey = choudrey I have some understanding of people making assumptions
based upon surname. To be totally honest it never worries me, if I had
something like this through the post I'd bin it.
The legalities are one thing, but bear in mind how many people would
complain? its hardly causing distress if someone assumes you belong to an
ethnic minority unless you are an extremist.
Paul Couldrey
Data Protection Adviser
Wolverhampton City Council
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Angel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 December 2001 15:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Marketing Issue
My understanding is that there is nothing to stop them from culling the
electoral register manually for such an execise. They could have just as
easily used a telephone book. Provided they are diplomatic in their approach
it sounds a good idea!
Tony Angel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy Kennedy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 11 December 2001 14:57
Subject: Marketing Issue
All,
An unusual one to cheer up your Tuesday afternoon.
A small local public organisation wishes to contact people from ethnic
minority backgrounds to offer them a specific service in relation to housing
needs.
General advertising of this service has proven ineffective.
They want to cull the electoral register (manually!) and create a list of
people whose names "sound as if" they have an ethnic minority background.
They would then send out details of the (free, public) service.
I stopped laughing when I realised they were serious and have strongly
advised against this approach.
However they are also being advised by a statistical/marketing company who
are telling them its OK.
I've looked at fair obtaining, schedule 3, accuracy, etc...
But I'm struggling to pin it down as almost every DPA98 section I read seems
to be relevant.
Is anyone able to point me in the right direction of definite breaches.
thanks in advance.
Tommy Kennedy
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