Hi,
I can understand the view. However, if you look up what "subject" means, "...a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with". I would suggest that by putting someone's name in the subject line of an email, legally(?) makes that email about the person, whether they are mentioned again or not. The implication is that the person's name in the subject means that the email is "about" them, regardless of the personal nature or not of the content. If the email is headed "Meeting to discuss SH" as opposed to Simon Howarth then the personal identification is removed and I would be inclined to agree with you, but by making the email "about" a person, then I would say the information is personal. Disclosure would then be subject(!) to exemptions/conditions.
Simon Howarth MSc. MBCS CITP
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Addresses being personal data
Morning,
Interestingly I would take the opposite approach to Simon! When we've had to trawl emails for personal data for DSARS I have taken the view that the email has to be "about" the data subject in order to count. So emails which have the subject line of "Jane Bloggs" but the content is about "are you free for a meeting to discuss this case" etc. would not count, unless there was something about "Jane Bloggs" also in there e.g. "can we reschedule this meeting as Jane Bloggs is still off sick."
So to answer your question brenda, I would discount any emails which are staff arranging time to visit the properties, unless there is something which is "about" the data subject in there too.
Best wishes,
Michelle
Michelle Peel
CYPS Information Governance Officer
Trafford Council
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