I raised this subject a short time ago, but would welcome some replies from Welsh Authorities if possible, though all replies are welcome. Unfortunately I have deleted those I received off-listlast time so would welcome these again. I am referring to requests that relate to persons who have gone missing,often quite a long time ago. A recent one quoted 63 different permutations of their name. We search all our systems, but wonder if others limit it to Council Tax and electoral roll ? Many departments are complaining about the time needed to make these searches and these requests are becoming more frequent. Do all LA's receive them or are they targetted to areas where they think the person may be ? Thanks for any feedback on this. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^