[UK-CONTEST] REAL REPORTS ?

[Ray James]

--- On Sat, 30/6/12, Steve Knowles <g3ufy at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> It has been suggested that entrants should be provided with a copy of their 'Inverse UBN' file. There could be problems here with the data protection act, to which RSGB is subject, as to do this would effectively be disseminating private information about a living, identifiable person and so would require their consent to be lawful.

> 73
 
> Steve


Whoa Steve!
I'm no lawyer but is this not a bit OTT?
Stretch it further and you'd be saying it's against the spirit of the act to release contest results as they also infringe on "private information about a living, identifiable person" being released into the public domain when informing how many contacts, mults and points a participant has achieved!
What next? Cancel all portable contests 'cos entrants could infringe on the 'elf and safety act?
For many years I held a DP licence for business reasons and this certainly covered personal and private information but I believe your interpretation is well wide of the mark when it comes to public entrants into an open contest. The "privacy" your interpreting from DPA 1998 is wrong.

73 Ray GM4CXM