No. Yes.
Jon Baines,
Chair,
nadpo.co.uk
> On 21 Sep 2016, at 15:21, Duncan Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This is a screen scrape, public domain, local authority .gov kind of question.
>
> First, there's the 'big principle' question, is it ok to take personal data that is placed in the public domain and re-purpose it for another eg marketing.
>
> Second, there's the detail. If I crawled a local authority planning application portal and extracted names, addresses and key words eg 'garage extension', then sold this list to companies with an interest in these individuals, would I be in breach of DPA?
>
> I think the answer is obvious, but the phrase 'in the public domain' appears to give many in the list industry a 'sheild of invincibility!
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