May I draw your attention to Julian Brazier's "Promotion of Volunteering"
bill, which can be found at
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/018/20
04018.htm?
Section 4 of the bill would amend the Data Protection Act 1988, such that
after section 30, there is inserted:
30A Voluntary bodies and organisations
35 (1) Any voluntary organisation, volunteering body, or statutory body
is entitled to reveal:
(a) contact details relating to, and
(b) the names of officers of any voluntary organisation or
volunteering body, provided that this information is disclosed
in good faith and other than for commercial gain.
(2) Any voluntary organisation or volunteering body or volunteer
shall
not be guilty of an offence if, in good faith and other than for
commercial gain, it or he discloses any data in circumstances where
the disclosures of that data was, in the opinion of the volunteer,
voluntary organisation or volunteering body, necessary for, or
desirable in, the public interest.
(3) In this section, "voluntary organisation" and "volunteering
body"
have the same meanings as in the Promotion of Volunteering Act 2004.
Seems a jolly sensible idea to me. If you agree, perhaps now is the time to
drop a note to your Member of Parliament, asking them to support its
introduction.
--
Graham Smith
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