Good morning all,

Our director of HR has seemed surprised that he cannot talk about staff using initials without this being disclosed.

My understanding is that, in certain circumstances, if the request is refined enough, initials are a valid search term for individuals and that staff who communicate using initials could reasonably be expected to have their emails disclosed.

Does everybody else consider initials as a valid search term?

Luke

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Luke Thompson

Head of Data Protection & Legal Services

The University of Sheffield
First Floor
Arts Tower
12 Bolsover Street
Sheffield
S3 7NA

Tel: +44 0114 22 21117

Mobile: 07596550031

Web: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/uso

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