Dear All Surely the pragmatic approach is to file any unwanted mail in the waste paper basket, and direct similar emails to the junk email folder. Phone calls can be terminated with a polite message. Difficulty is if you cut yourself off from potential suppliers how do you know you are buying the most suitable product at the best price...... Hope this is of use. Peter Mead Email: [log in to unmask] 80 Cadmore Lane Cheshunt WALTHAM CROSS Herts EN8 9JX Tel: 01992 635276 Mobile: 07974 425077 From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carter, Antoinette (Global IS) Sent: 24 February 2009 13:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [data-protection] Section 11 rights at work Question of the day...? Can you exercise Section 11 rights (to prevent processing for purposes of direct marketing) in relation to your work contact details specifically your name, job title and company name and address; particularly when you work for a public authority who might make those details available in response to an FOI enquiry. Antoinette Carter Consultant, Information Governance Information and Knowledge Management Team Global Information Systems (GIS) Tel: ++44 (0)207 389 4016 Fax: ++44 (0)207 389 4754 Email: [log in to unmask] The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are a registered charity; 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). We build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide. This message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it. The British Council accepts no liability for loss or damage caused by software viruses and you are advised to carry out a virus check on any attachments contained in this message. _____ 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 Selected commands (the command has been filled in below in the body of the email if you are receiving emails in HTML format): * Leaving this list: send leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=LEAVE%20data-protection> * Suspending emails from all JISCMail lists: send SET * NOMAIL to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20*%20NOMAIL> * To receive emails from this list in text format: send SET data-protection NOHTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20NOHTML> * To receive emails from this list in HTML format: send SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]&BODY=SET%20data-protection%20HTML> All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm and are sent in the body of an otherwise blank email to [log in to unmask] Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (Please send all commands to [log in to unmask] not the list or the moderators, and all requests for technical help to [log in to unmask], the general office helpline) _____ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^