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at 14:16:32 on Wed, 18 Oct 2006, "Tinsley, Chris"
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Is an email address personal data? I am sure that this has been
>discussed before but am not sure that there was any consensus.
Elizabeth France issued specific guidance that an email address *was*
personal data.
>An email address contains no biographical data so may not be considered
>personal data.
Even if we accept that restriction (which I don't) the mailing list in
question reveals the biographical information that the people concerned
signed up to a particular contentious consultation with Cambridge County
Council (oops, that just slipped out).
--
Roland Perry
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