In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 10:06:00 on
Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Andrew Kinglake <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I'd be interested to hear of how subscribers would respond to a police
>request for details about a missing person.
>
>I can't see that s.29 would apply or that it would protect the vital
>interests of the individual. I can see an arguement that it is in the
>legitimate interests, but would this prejudice the rights and freedoms of
>the person?
>
>My understanding is that if the police are given the information they
>would check that the person is ok, but not disclose whereabouts to anyone.
>
>Any thoughts on how this should be approached?
Are you saying that this person is not, in fact, "missing" as far as you
are concerned, because you are aware of their whereabouts? Or are the
police just looking for the address from which they went missing (which
one might have expected anyone reporting them missing to have known).
If the former, can you do what was suggested yesterday regarding the
"missing" student, and tell them that they might want to report in?
--
Roland Perry
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