Now I can see why you are stating that [log in to unmask] is hard to use to
identify a living individual. But trying to classify this in the same
manner as D.O.B. is not valid logic. You may, of course, be trying to be
the ego in "Reductio ad absurdum", but I feel the logic does not flow down
this channel.
Today "[log in to unmask]" is a unique email address. Later, after it
expires, should it do so anyone may pick it up and use it. But today it is
sufficient to identify the user (albeit inefficient at doing so). It is a
private email address and thus may not receive UCE if in the EEA, and the
individual at that address may make legitimate complaint if they receive
UCE.
No-one ever said definitions were easy. No-one even said the load of
legislation was good law!
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From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tony Bowden
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Email Address - Personal Data?
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:28:54AM +0100, Cashmore, Stuart wrote:
> We've just had a reply to Doreen's e-mail about her son's photo
> appearing in the newspaper. It came from "[log in to unmask]". Could
> those who believe an e-mail address is personal data explain how the
> individual behind that address can be identified from it?
As I've said before, there's a big difference between a datum being
personal, and a datum being sufficient to identify an individual.
Consider someone's date of birth.
It's very very unlikely you'd be able to identify someone from it, but is
anyone seriously claiming that it's not personal data?
Tony
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