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----- Original Message -----
From: "GRAHAM Susan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:25 AM
Subject: [data-protection] Pseudonyms and FOI requests
The Scottish Information Commissioner has taken the opposite position.
At http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/yourrights/yourrights5.htm, he
says
"You must give your real name, as the public authority does not have to
answer your request if you have used a false name or pseudonym. The
Commissioner will not be able to carry out an investigation if he finds
out that you have used a false name.
If you have particular reasons for not wanting to reveal your identity
to the public authority, you should ask a friend or family member to
make the request for information."
Susan Graham
University Records Manager
Policy & Planning
University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
Tel: 0131 6514 100
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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:17:33 +0100
From: John Hughes <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: [data-protection] Anonymity when making FOI requests of
your own organisation
ICO guidance on this is suitably precise and enlightening: "Although a
public authority may not designate a request as vexatious simply because
the
applicant uses an obvious pseudonym, it may be prompted by the use of
the
pseudonym to consider whether the request is vexatious. It should not,
however, base any decisions as to disclosure upon the name supplied by
the
applicant ...."
John Hughes
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust
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