Birth certicates are different, as there is statutory provision about them.
Anything where there is statutory provision (and nowadays, where that
statutory provision is HR compliant i.e. proportionate) is OK.
Birth certicates (used to prove birth!) clearly are acceptable under
those considerations.
Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 07:04:48 on Tue,
> 31 Oct 2006, Tony Bowden <[log in to unmask]> writes
>> I think a good rule of thumb is that you should not be requesting any
>> form that ID that provides any data that you don't already (legitimately)
>> hold on the data subject.
>>
>> i.e. proving identity should not involve revealing more information
>> than would already be known.
>
> That's an interesting approach. Should I get some sort of certified copy
> of my birth certificate that redacts the things you didn't already know
> (like names of parents, place I was born, and maybe even my date of
> birth?) Is what is left sufficiently useful?
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