The purpose was not stated. There was, of course, some sort of privacy
policy, but these fields are mandatory. Ah well. Hmm, I wonder if that
makes it "unfair processing" as well as "Excessive"?
Now if it were the USA and to do with COPPA I could understand age, but
gender?
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Astonishing excuses for less than competent
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Tim Trent says:
<By the way, WHY is my Date of Birth and my Gender collected by the paper?
<It seems to be to be "Excessive" data!
Market research purposes I would guess. The Daily Telegraph wishes to build
a profile of online readers by age, gender and any other elements they asked
for, such as regional spread. Often some of these fields on a registration
form are not mandatory. But the form should include a data protection
clause.
Gil
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Sent: 25 February 2004 23:25
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Subject: Astonishing excuses for less than competent policing?
The Daily Telegraph was hammering on about this today. The simple question
is this: Why does ACPO not use common sense?"
I have quoted the article coz I had to register to see it, and it;s truly
not worth the bother. By the way, WHY is my Date of Birth and my Gender
collected by the paper? It seems to be to be "Excessive" data!
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