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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scourfield, Brenda" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [data-protection] Email blunder > Dooreen drew our attention to this yesterday. > > Quote' > > Hi All > > I know it's not Friday, but I thought this was funny............. > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6244013.stm> > > D > > ' > > Brenda > > Brenda Scourfield > Team Leader > I.T. Division > Pembrokeshire County Council > County Hall > Haverfordwest > SA61 1 TP > > Tel 01437 775380 > >> -----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 >> >> 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. 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