----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Landau" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Signatures
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brenda Scourfield" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:17 AM
> Subject: [data-protection] Signatures
>
>
> Are signatures personal data ? If we provide copies of letters under FOI
> or DP, should the signature of the officer or person be blanked out ?
>
> One of our officers is concerned that his signature could be copied and
> used fraudulently.
>
> Nick's reply:
>
> One question would be is the signature already in the public domain - in
> which case, his concern is understandable but an FoI question would not
> elicit any more information than is otherwise available. (for instance do
> documents with his signature go to Planning Committee etc?)
>
> If you really wanted a copy of a council officer's signature then you
> write to them and presumably the response will have their signature.
>
> One could presumably argue that if a particular officer had a problem with
> this then it doesn't seem to me blanking out their signature would remove
> any information - after all it would have their name in print.
>
> I would have thought that this was the nature of being a public officer ie
> documents with your imprint on get published - if you don't want that you
> should be working in the public sector.
Of course, the last phrase should read:
"if you don't want that you should _not_ be working in the public sector"
>
> But equally any postman might say that they don't want to give their
> signature for the same reason.
>
> Nick Landau
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