The current guidance from the IC says (in part):
"In the context of the Internet, many e-mail addresses are personal
data where the e-mail address clearly identifies a particular
individual. The Commissioner is Elizabeth France. The e-mail address
[log in to unmask] is thus personal data about the
Commissioner."
(Taken from
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/detailed_specialist_guides/data_protection_act_legal_guidance.pdf)
Not much room for argument there or is there?
So yes, I think that the Council have disclosed personal information
in a way which is a breach of the requirements.
Regards
Jim
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Quoting Roland Perry <[log in to unmask]>:
> In message
> <[log in to unmask]>,
> 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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