Or they could simply re-design their forms so that the signature(s) are on a
sheet that has no other information content and therefore can be set aside
when 'publishing' the documents.
Regards
Alistair
-----Original Message-----
From: The UK Records Management mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roy Russell
Sent: 07 December 2005 09:39
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Subject: Re: Online Planning Applications - possible issue with identity
theft
Hi Dik,
They are probably scared that they will need to spend a lot of time, effort,
and money properly 'redact enabling' all of their applications.
If this is the case then I would recommend that they take a look at a superb
new utility called 'Rapid Redact' (http://www.rapidredact.com). They would
then see how easy and cost effective it is to comply with your advice,
whatever the document types they are publishing!
Regards,
Roy Russell
Ascertus Limited
-----Original Message-----
From: The UK Records Management mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dik Allison
Sent: 07 December 2005 00:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Online Planning Applications - possible issue with identity theft
Our council (Newark and Sherwood), like many others, now publishes images
of all planning applications on the Internet. These show the full name and
address details, along with a scanned image of the applicant's signature.
We have asked Newark & Sherwood to redact the signatures (i.e. blank them
out) in order to reduce the opportunity for identity theft. Their initial
reaction has been fairly dismissive.
There will clearly be other forms with similar information on display.
Please can I have some feedback from the good folks of RMS on your views
about this.
Dik Allison
Senior Partner, Allison Consultancy (www.allicon.com).
PS - if you want to see our form for reference go to:
http://www.nsdc.info/eplanning/default.aspx?
sid=1&sindex=1&id=4&refno=05/00973/FUL
(if the URL is split onto 2 lines you will need to rejoin it manually)
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