I've seen the following report on Usenet, somewhat [redacted] to protect the guilty, what do people think? >I filled in the online consultation for the [high profile County >Council planning proposal] and supplied my email address to be kept >informed of progress. I have just had an email from the county council >informing me of a series of public exhibitions. > >All well and good but the email was sent directly with the list of >almost 1,000 people in the To: field, not as a BCC:. A quick glance at >the list reveals [several local people I recognise]. Can they do this? >Surely basic data protection prevents them broadcasting my email >address to all and sundry. -- Roland Perry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^