On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:28:54AM +0100, Cashmore, Stuart wrote:
> We've just had a reply to Doreen's e-mail about her son's photo appearing in
> the newspaper. It came from "[log in to unmask]". Could those who believe
> an e-mail address is personal data explain how the individual behind that
> address can be identified from it?
As I've said before, there's a big difference between a datum being
personal, and a datum being sufficient to identify an individual.
Consider someone's date of birth.
It's very very unlikely you'd be able to identify someone from it, but
is anyone seriously claiming that it's not personal data?
Tony
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