Apart from a fire evacuation, why do people actually have a visitors book?
They ARE a great source of info. All salesmen read them when they can when
they visit a customer!
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Visitors' signing in books
In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 09:44:28 on Thu,
9 Dec 2004, C.Oppenheim <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Yesterday I visited an organisation and was asked to sign in at
>reception, including my name and organisation. When doing so, I was
>intrigued to see that two people who I knew were visiting the same
organisation that day.
>This gave me interesting insight into their employer's business activities.
>
>Are such signing in books where you can read who else is visiting a
>breach of the seventh principle? Perhaps such a completed signing in
>book is not a relevant filing system?
Reminds me of when I was working at Amstrad, and the sign-in book was
available for anyone to see. One evening in 1985 it contained an entry for
"Sir Clive Sinclair" and a few days later Alan Sugar bought the remains of
Sinclair Research...
Meanwhile, many organisations I visit have sign-in books where there are
overlapping tear-off strips which double as visitors passes. The books keep
a carbon-copy, but it's hidden from view.
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Roland Perry
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