At 17:54 11/11/99 +0000, you wrote:
>** Reply to note from [log in to unmask] Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:29:46 +0000
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> > we did this and wrote to all staff and allowed them to opt out
> > as opposed to opt in, I think we only got 4 who wanted to be ex-diretcory
>
>Hi Sally,
>
>4 wanting out is pretty good. But did the other xxx really reply? My
>concern is if I did the same I will be lucky to get 20% response.
>
>Regards
>Charles
Charles makes an important point here, because you are
not on safe ground by taking a failure to respond as
being the same as a positive indication of either giving
or withholding consent. This point was made at the DP
update conference in London in May by the bloke from the
Office of the DPR whose name I can't remember!
Best wishes,
Adrian
Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>
Web Editor, Birkbeck College, University of London
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