On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 09:31:38PM +0100, Ibrahim Hasan (hotmail) wrote:
> Durant states that for data to be personal it has to relate to an
> individual. This can only be if the data satisfies three conditions:
> 1. It is biographical in nature
> 2. Affects an individuals privacy
> 3. Be focussed on the individual rather than a transaction or event
> An e mail address alone is not personal data within the above
> context. It certainly is not biographical.
I would say that most people's email address clearly meets all three of
those conditions.
If it's not "biographical" information, why do most CVs that I receive
include the applicant's email address in the "Personal Details" section
at the top of the first page?
Tony
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