Yes, but it seems to be used like A N Other for a postcode eg see http://www.playniceplayhouses.co.uk/contact2.cfm "Play Nice Playhouses. 1 , Quality Street , AnyTown , AnyCounty , SW1 1AA" I think that some off the peg webwriting/database tools must use that postcode as a dummy postcode. Those who have a dummy brain leave it in. Nick Landau ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Rodgers" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [data-protection] FW: [data-protection] checking individual's identity Isn't SW1 1AA the postcode for the Houses of Parliament? Maybe the issuing of false documents is another Home Office ruse? Tim Rodgers Information Governance Manager Legal Services Chief Executives Department London Borough of Tower Hamlets Phone : 0207 364 4354 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Mulberry Place 5 Clove Crescent London E14 2BG To: [log in to unmask] John Hughes cc: (bcc: Tim Rodgers/EXEC/LBTH) <[log in to unmask]> bcc: Tim Rodgers/EXEC/LBTH Sent by: This list is Subject:[data-protection] FW: [data-protection] checking individual's identity for those interested in Data Protection issues <[log in to unmask]> 28/04/2006 13:13 Please respond to John.Hughes2 Interestingly a Sharron Wass from Peterborough waxes lyrical about the Police Museum in Prague in this BBC holiday link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/holiday/you_call_the_shots/prague_weird_and_wacky_no_su bcategory_needed.shtml That would tie in with an interest in all things "Sherlock Holmes" such as 221 Baker Street. Regards John Hughes Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Charlesworth [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 28 April 2006 13:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [data-protection] checking individual's identity As it's Friday, one might also be interested in doing a whois on the domain name <foolthem.com>, and comparing the address of the administrative contact listed: Mary Smith 193 market street cheshire, sk111hf GB with the fifth and sixth addresses from the bottom of the first list of addresses on this page... <http://www.ico.gov.uk/eventual.aspx?id=4016> One might wonder also about the validity of the domain name registrant address. sharron wass 221 Baker Street London, london sw1 1aa GB My London A-Z shows only one Baker Street, and as far as I recall, 221 Baker Street was the head office of Abbey National, and is now the address of the Sherlock Holmes Museum (and it's in NW1). Interestingly, if the data in the whois entry is by some misfortune incorrect, the registrant or the administrative contact is in breach of their agreement with their domain name registrar <www.register.com> - not, I guess, that this really matters given the state of domain registration these days. --On 27 April 2006 20:44 +0100 Simon Howarth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good grief! > > -----Original Message----- > From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christopher Spray > Sent: 27 April 2006 19:44 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [data-protection] checking individual's identity > > Anyone undertaking formal checks of identity for purposes such as release > of personal data might be interested in/concerned by the following > website - www.foolthem.com > > Chris > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/326 - Release Date: 27/04/2006 > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > 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) > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > 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) > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Andrew Charlesworth Senior Research Fellow in IT and Law Director, Centre for IT and Law School of Law/Department of Computer Science University of Bristol Wills Memorial Building Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ========================================================================== This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. 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