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Nick
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From: "Nick Landau" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: [data-protection] Lack of Privacy of Mail
>I have just had an experience that hinges on Data Protection - or certainly
>a cavalier attitude to such issues.
>
> I live in a block of flats and our mail, unfortunately, goes to a common
> letterbox.
>
> This morning I was collecting my post and I couldn't help noticing that
> through the window of an official letter to a neighbour it could be
> clearly seen that the letter related to an appointment at an Ante-Natal
> Clinic.
>
> This should obviously be information that it is private to herself (even
> within her own household) and certainly not to be "published" to the other
> residents in a block of flats.
>
> No doubt it is cheaper using window envelopes but it is clear that
> envelopes
__with address labels__
> should be used in all situations where privacy is required.
>
> On a more general point many organisations seem to use their mailings as
> advertising. So that all my neighbours are privy to all the charities I
> might or might not support and me them.
>
> Before anyone suggests it - yes, we should have individual letterboxes...
>
> Nick Landau
> London, UK
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