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Unless posters say a few words about the contents of a link they will be 
lost - unless it is Friday pm and they are about to go home. It will also be 
lost if one does a search in the Archive.

Doreen will, no doubt, respond that it was just a throwaway thing.

In fact, the BBC link below indicates that "however, Mr Page has obtained a 
police file on him through the Data Protection Act and is unhappy with some 
of its contents".

The report suggests that he is on a "homophobic incidents register". I think 
his complaint is probably more than about him being fed to the crocodiles - 
which would really make him look rather silly.

Nick Landau

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Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Email blunder


> Dooreen drew our attention to this yesterday.
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> Hi All
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> I know it's not Friday, but I thought this was funny.............
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6244013.stm>
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> Brenda
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
>> [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Turner
>> Sent: 10 January 2007 13:07
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Email blunder
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>> A lesson for all: don't write stupid things about people in emails.
>>
>> Robin Page, farming campaigner, has made a request under "information
>> laws" (I read in somewhere else that it was Data Protection, but today's
>> Guardian says FOI - I suspect it was DP) for files held by 
>> Gloucestershire
>> Police. To their credit, Gloucester provided Mr Page with, among other
>> things, an email in which a frustrated copper writes that he hopes Mr 
>> Page
>> gets eaten by a crocodile whilst on holiday.
>>
>> It was clearly a joke, but it's probably not a good idea to make such
>> jokes in emails about anybody, especially not someone who has access to
>> the mass media. Anyway, Mr Page is looking for compensation which he may
>> not get, but if you're looking for examples to remind your staff why they
>> should think before writing emails. The story is covered in today's
>> Guardian, but I think it was in either Saturday or Sunday's Telegraph as
>> well - search their websites if you want more.
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>> Tim Turner
>> Data Protection / FOI Officer
>> Legal and Property Services
>> Wigan Council
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