Maybe his parents could be done for vexatious naming!
Nick Landau
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> From: "Peter Dinsdale" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] FW: [data-protection] Anonymity when making
> FOI requests of your own organisation
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>> I've heard of a Donald Duck practising medicine in Scotland, and one of
>> my
>> teachers at school was William Shakespeare. Where do you draw the line as
>> to what is 'clearly false'?
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>> Subject: [data-protection] FW: [data-protection] Anonymity when
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>> Not quite .... A name which is clearly false such as Mickey Mouse can be
>> treated as vexatious.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carter, Antoinette (MCS)
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>> Sent: 30 May 2006 11:24
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>> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Anonymity when making FOI requests of your
>> own organisation
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>> Yes, but there is no requirement to prove their identity, so the request
>> could come from "Mickey Mouse" and you would still be required to answer
>> it.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of George Ross
>> Sent: 30 May 2006 11:20
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Anonymity when making FOI requests of your
>> own organisation
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>>> The member of staff could have submitted their request anonymously but
>>
>>> has chosen not to.
>>
>> Could they? FoI(S)A section 8(1)(b) says "states the name of the
>> applicant
>> and an address for correspondence", and I see there's identical wording
>> in
>> FoIA, also in 8(1)(b).
>>
>> Maybe Graeme could mention his concerns to the requestor? Presumably the
>> request could be withdrawn and resubmitted through a proxy. Perhaps the
>> requestor thinks it's not actually important to be anonymous.
>>
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