** Reply to note from Martin Thorpe <[log in to unmask]> Tue, 28 May 2002 14:59:53 +0100
> Hi
>
> I am trying to get a definite position on the use of personal email
> addresses held by Data Controllers. Do they need explicit permission (opt-
> in) before these can be used either by the company themselves or a third
> party. Or does an opt-out option on a sent email suffice. Do Data
> Controllers need permission to use personal email addresses under the Data
> Protection Act as it stands or is a decision still pending on the
> Communications Data Protective Directive in the EU ??
>
> Any help would be appreciated to get this straight in my mind as everywhere
> I look seems to have a different slant on interpreting the Act.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Martin
Martin,
What could the interest be if you are coming from *.education.co.uk.
Do you have addresses and you want to know how to use them or are you being
refused addresses of staff?
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There are two kinds of personal addresses. Addresses provided by the
employer and addresses users may have from their home ISP are personal.
For employer provided addresses (like mine in this instance) the employeer
can use them to comunicate with its employees (not to send marketing material
though if the employee objects).
For home addresses ... ehmmm, I assume the employee provided them in
order to receive communication from their employeer, they could be used by
the employer to communicate for business purposes. What else would be the
reason they were given over in the first place.
Neither work or home should be passed on to third parties without opt-in.
Regards
Charles
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Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer,
Planning & Information Group, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN,
Scotland, United Kingdom.
Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-201604.
http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/
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