Reporting of court appearances by somebody at the court is legitimate. That courts are necessarily in the public domain seems then to be entirely misunderstood and extended into many of the pressures and approaches some would wish to see generally enabled by imposing a wide publication of any personal data in the public domain including conviction records. It also appears to fit in quite snugly with the methods used to allow for enforced subject access to conviction records in the UK despite the EU Directive requirements and the Criminal Records Bureau which was ostensibly set up to stop such practices. A sort of strictly might equals a right approach and all that entails I suppose. Ian W From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues on behalf of Broom, Doreen Sent: Thu 01/02/2007 14:12 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [data-protection] ICO All Have a look at the second page of this article!!!! I know it may be a public record but am surprised DOB and whole address...... http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2007/liverpool_crown_co urt_bogus_agencies_jan_07002.pdf Doreen Broom Access to Information Officer Corporate Resources - Corporate Administration Tel: 01835 826516 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^