Thanks Tim. I feel the discussion is moving away a little from the original question; namely, 'Would disclosure to the local authority for the purpose of attempting to get the authority to change its mind on an issue, fall outside of 'domestic purposes'? I'm happy with Owen's point that, once in possession of the LA, the domestic purposes exemption doesn't apply, but it is the specific act of disclosure that I'm less certain on. Thanks, Andrew ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^