[OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Membership applications from Skobbler employees

[Barnett, Phillip]

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From: 80n [80n80n at gmail.com]
Sent: 25 August 2011 20:34
To: Jim Brown
Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org; Ed Avis
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Membership applications from Skobbler employees


>The OSMF had an obligation, under the UK data protection laws, to preserve the confidentiality of >personal information.  It would have been a breach of confidence to make it public at the time.


Not so.

UK Data Protection laws exist to safeguard 'personal' data. Saying that ' there has been a large number of applications for OSMF membership by people who appear to be employees of Apple ' for instance, is perfectly in order - you are not releasing any 'personal data' UNLESS you also released, say, email addresses and names of the people, which can personally identify them, perhaps to back up your assertion.

Phillip

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IANAL, but I have read the Data Protection Act. (Which is commonly misused by people who haven't read it)

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