See possibly http://www.mrs.org.uk/standards/dp.htm
"Data protection and privacy issues" (Market Research Society)
"Q A client has requested details of respondent's names and address details
to use for profiling purposes. Can this request be met?
If the information is passed back (eg to an in-house market research
department) for use solely for research purposes, then this would be
acceptable with the consent of the respondent. However, if used for
non-research purposes, then this would be unacceptable if positioned as a
market research project. It would be acceptable if the data were provided in
a form that did not enable individuals to be identified - eg by out-bound
postcode level (ie the average of fifteen households in the out bound
section of the postcode, the 9RY in the following example - RG18 9RY). The
data can only be used for the purposes for which it was collected and for
which respondents have consented."
"Client's rights to research data
Q Can I send my client full respondent postcodes?
It depends on the respondent's address. If they live in a rural area where
there may be only a few homes in the area you could only give the first set
of characters of the postcode. This is because these reference the area,
anything more provides information on the particular sector where the home
is situated and it is possible in rural areas for there to be only one home
in a sector, and thus a respondent may be identified. If the home is
situated in a town or city then it would be possible to provide the first
set of characters plus one from the second set of characters."
Nick Landau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caroline Dominey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: [data-protection] Are Post Codes Personal Data?
Good Morning,
I have already posted this to another list but would appreciate any
further thoughts.
We have received a request for a list of full postcodes for the home
addresses of all members of staff to promote a local carshare scheme (no
names would be attached to the postcodes). I do not feel that we should
release this information, because although one postcode could cover a
number of houses you may have the odd case where someone lives in the
middle of nowhere and the postcode relates to them only. (I have suggested
we release the first part of post codes only, but have been told this
would not provide enough information).
However, it is being argued that postcodes are not personal data, and I am
aware that other organisations have released the information. I would
appreciate any advice/comments on this.
Many thanks
Caroline
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