Surely too, how important is the thing we have to opt out of. The intention
to make organ donation an opt-out comes to mind as opposed to perhaps having
to opt out of being put on a double glazing mailing list.
Brenda
Brenda Scourfield
Team Leader,
I.T.
Pembrokeshire County Council,
County Hall,
Haverfordwest.
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] IT Decision on Durant, event lists, and ICO
We'll have to beg to differ on this. Properly designed opt-out methods do
not affect the concept of informed
consent and can be very useful in overcoming apathy. However, they do need
to be managed and implemented carefully,
which one could argue might make the management of such personal information
more reliable.
I accept though that there is an argument for "opt-in" on occasion, but not
in this instance (the attendees, not
the Crem').
Simon Howarth.
Quoting Tim Trent <[log in to unmask]>:
> Opt Out tends to negate the concept of "informed consent".
>
> Thus a booklet of 1,000 attendees that left the EEA without that
> informed consent could be considered to be the organiser breaking the law.
>
> I am not really in favour of Opt Out, even where it is lawful, as the
> North East Surrey Crematorium is discovering
>
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