Yes, I can see your point. Especially, if they are now married or in a
relationship - explaining to their partner maybe difficult if they become
aware of the request.
Maybe someone else has a suggestion.
Brenda
Team Leader
I.T.
Pembrokeshire County Council
County Hall
Haverfordwest
SA61 1TP
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I don't think addresses will be up to date (there is a possibility if they
are a member of our alumni database).
It has also occurred to me that, as we do not have a name, writing to all
men of that nationality from that era could cause distress to those men
even if there is no possibility of them being the father.
Thanks
Matt
--On 20 April 2010 10:06 +0100 "Scourfield, Brenda"
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> You could write to those in question asking if they would give their
> permission to disclose to him - but I don't know how up to date your
> addresses would be.
>
> I don't see how you could disclose otherwise.
>
> Brenda
>
> Team Leader
> I.T.
> Pembrokeshire County Council
> County Hall
> Haverfordwest
> SA61 1TP
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> Subject: [data-protection] Adopted child looking for birth father
>
> Hi all
>
> Quick DP/FOI scenario. I have been contacted by an adopted man who is
> trying to trace his birth father. He does not know the name of his father
> and the only details he can provide us with are the nationality of his
> father and that he attended the University in the early 1980s. (We are
> not likely to have a large number of students from the country in
> question).
>
> Framing it as an FOI request it might read, "Can I have the names of all
> students from X country that attended your University in the early
> 1980s?" and I can't get past s.40 FOIA.
>
> I can't really see that we can help him within FOI and DP. This has been
> rumbling on for some time and he is talking about the public interest in
> disclosure (can't see that there is any). We have suggested other avenues
> to him such as the Embassy of the country as the students coming over may
> have sponsored etc. but he is not giving up.
>
> Aside from all this, our records would not make it easy to find the
> information concerned as not all records are electronic and nationality
> is not always noted.
>
> Any advice/thoughts would be welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt Morrison
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