On the receiving end
Cornwall Council emails to ask if I have any objection to some emails I sent being disclosed to a third party. The council's received a Freedom of Information application looking for
"all correspondence between Cornwall Council and any governmental and non-governmental bodies/persons in relation to the Tortoise Garden being classified under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981."I am indeed one of those non-governmental persons, having made some inquiries myself, by email, a few months ago. Naturally when I wrote those (two) emails I never thought they would be read by anyone other than the council press officer to whom they were addressed. But I've been banging on about Freedom of Information for most of my life and so I can hardly object now.
I'm ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Devon’s Graham Smith, blogging on news, views and some fresh insights into West Country life, particularly the way government works locally and nationally.
Comment number 1.
At 20th Sep 2010, P_Trembath wrote:At least they had the decency to ask.
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Comment number 2.
At 20th Sep 2010, Andrew Jacks wrote:Curious I would have thought the inquiry is against the council your email would be covered by the data protection act and therefore should be treated as confidential, therefore strictly speaking you are free to say no, though the subject matter does seem mundane
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