Dik,
You are quite right, signatures should never be shown. But it is very
difficult to persuade users to modify existing systems.
Perhaps this is an area where consultants and suppliers should be guiding
users at the initial implementation of their software.
Regards,
Steve Norris
Alliance Document Solutions Ltd.
http://www.alliancegroup.co.uk
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From: The UK Records Management mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dik Allison
Sent: 07 December 2005 00:24
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Subject: Online Planning Applications - possible issue with identity
theft
Our council (Newark and Sherwood), like many others, now publishes images
of all planning applications on the Internet. These show the full name and
address details, along with a scanned image of the applicant's signature.
We have asked Newark & Sherwood to redact the signatures (i.e. blank them
out) in order to reduce the opportunity for identity theft. Their initial
reaction has been fairly dismissive.
There will clearly be other forms with similar information on display.
Please can I have some feedback from the good folks of RMS on your views
about this.
Dik Allison
Senior Partner, Allison Consultancy (www.allicon.com).
PS - if you want to see our form for reference go to:
http://www.nsdc.info/eplanning/default.aspx?
sid=1&sindex=1&id=4&refno=05/00973/FUL
(if the URL is split onto 2 lines you will need to rejoin it manually)
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