** Reply to note from Tony Smith <[log in to unmask]> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:23:26 +0100
> Whilst I can see the point of having the information on a password protected
> intranet (in order that students may contact their tutors etc). I do not see
> the point of having it on the internet.
In universties staff are about the only assett there is (ie. what is
between people's ears). As there is an increasing push to generate income
from sources other than traditional students you can probably see the
reasoning. Moreover, in the days before email and even now, universities
listed their staff names, depts, titles in their Calendars.
It does not mean I agree or disagree with the above but the reasoning would
somehow follow the line above.
One point I did not make earlier, is that any directories on the web should
protect addresses so they cannot be harvested by robots. This reasoning goes
back to the Commissioner's Guidance of the 1996 ammendments to the 1984 Act
and being sensible I apply it now even if it is no longer explicitly
documented.
> As a side issue how does this fit in with the eighth principle. Surely the
> web is available in countries that have no data protection.
If there is explicit consent there is no problem. If there is assumed
consent wait and see. If there is no consent then it breaks the law.
Charles
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