Simon Macaulay on 23 June 2005 at 11:11 said:-
> can anyone give advice on how to deal with a scenario where a
> mem of staff wants to see the emails of certain other staff
> which have him as the focus of their emails?
>
> Unfortunately we do not have a monitoring or similar policy
> which states we will search email accounts after receiving a
> SAR or an FOI request (not for want of trying) and the
> approach of our HR branch is to simply ask the staff
> mentioned if they have such emails and to disclose if they do.
Is a policy statement required before regulative requirements can be met?
> This leads me to the old chestnut of, are they 3rd parties,
> and do they have to be asked for consent before there emails
> are disclosed in full without their names redacted? This is
> the approach we are taking but I would appreciate any
> guidance or clarification from anyone who has been in a
> similar situation.
Is there such a thing as requiring consent to respond to a SAR?
Ian W
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> Hi all,
> can anyone give advice on how to deal with a scenario where a
> mem of staff wants to see the emails of certain other staff
> which have him as the focus of their emails?
>
> Unfortunately we do not have a monitoring or similar policy
> which states we will search email accounts after receiving a
> SAR or an FOI request (not for want of trying) and the
> approach of our HR branch is to simply ask the staff
> mentioned if they have such emails and to disclose if they do.
>
> This leads me to the old chestnut of, are they 3rd parties,
> and do they have to be asked for consent before there emails
> are disclosed in full without their names redacted? This is
> the approach we are taking but I would appreciate any
> guidance or clarification from anyone who has been in a
> similar situation.
>
> Cheers, Simon Mac.
>
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