>What would therefore be the identifier of corresponding with X?
Well that was my point - why actually do you need a name as an
identifier? Couldn't a response simply be addressed to the Requester with
the salutation 'Dear Sir or Madam' etc.
>it is unclear how one can communicate with no individual....
So how come my local council is able to communicate with me simply by
addressing their correspondence to "The Occupier"?
>It seems to me that simply to establish the organisation had complied with
>the Act would require that a name or a pseudonym be supplied so that the
>organisation could be sure that they were dealing with the same
>individual.
Which brings me back precisiely to the original point. You are not using
the name to simply address correspondence you are using it as a check.
And that check enables you to identify habitual and persistent persons
whose sole aim is to cause inconvenience and unnecessary expense to the
organisation i.e. a vexatious request. So in my view that is why an
obvious pseudonym is likely to indicate a vexatious request.
>If you mean that the requester should just request the organisation to
>publish in the public domain - that is fine - but I would suggest
>that, if that happened, public administration would grind to a halt.
I didn't mean that. But if I sent you a letter or an email and didn't
include my name but did include my address and stated what information I
was seeking, and you understood what I was seeking then what would
preclude you from sending the information to me? Nothing! If you weren't
clear what I wanted then you could still right a letter/send an email
asking me to clarify. So I don't see how including a name is simply there
for the purposes of communication. It's there as a check or a mechanism
for you to be certain (or more certain) who you are dealing with and that
is different to facilitating communication.
Kevin
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