Graham Hadfield on 30 March 2004 at 14:47 said:-
> Not sure about the law in Scotland but I am told that in England a
petition is a public document. Anyone signing a petition thereby consents to
their
> details being in the public domain.
Martin Hoskins on 30 March 2004 at 15:22 said:-
> Perhaps we are not dealing with information that comprises personal data -
all the petitions I have signed are paper ones, and those loose sheets of
> paper never find their way into structured manual files, either pre or
post the Durant decision .....
Equating this to electronic petitions collected on the internet - the
information relating to all participating parties will be publicly available
on the internet then.
Would that be fully correct?
What information would be relevant to a petition?
And which principles will apply?
Ian W
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