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** Reply to note from Ruth Bohin <[log in to unmask]> Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:01:03 +0000 > The issues that occur to me are: > > if the details published are required to be made public by law, is the data > subject's consent needed? (consent would be needed before publishing anything > additional to this) > is any authentication needed to confirm the identity of anyone making a > comment on the planning application? - the possible disclosures of these > comments may be should be made clear to the person providing them > the need to inform the planning applicant of the likely disclosures, > including publication on the internet > possible problems with copyright resulting from publishing plans, drawings > etc. > > Your comments will be very welcome. I believe Berkshire County council did something like this and the computing press thinks it is a good joke. See if your IT dept has a copy of the current issue (or last isssue) of IT week. Add to your implications(complications): What will you use as an identifier to know who makes the comments (no national ID system ...yet) [if no ID then you can get 1000s of objections from the same person] Accessibility, do you make it easier for those who have the means (and/or access to a computer to object) whilst the have nots have to take the bus to the planning office [can be turned round as you can be enabling those who are not mobile]. Don't forget SSL (Secure Socket Layers for your web server, as in e-commerce). :-) copyright is maybe the least of your worries, you can degrade the quality (doesn't take much anyway) of the drawings so much that pinching them and reusing them may be pointless. Just a few thoughts. Charles ============================================== Charles Christacopoulos, Secretary's Office, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604. http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/