A Surrey college has e-mailed the private medical details of more than 300 students to an entire student year group. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-12998421 The information, according to the BBC story, was intended for tutors - which begs the question, did all tutors at the college really need to know the medical details of all the students? Carolyn Howard Solicitor Leicester City Council email: [log in to unmask] ext: 29 6498 tel: 0116 252 6498 (Office hours: Tue all day/Wed a.m/Thu all day) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^