2009/4/19 Julian Burgess <[email protected]>: > The main case I've been dealing with regards the Post Office, but the > principle applies widely. I wanted the information on branch opening > times available in a data format (such as CSV). The Post Office > refused on the basis that it was already available through their > branch finder service (allowing you to search for a branch by > postcode/town name), this is very different from a list. I appealed to > the ICO and they basically agreed with the Post Office as the branch > finder was named in their publication scheme, they deemed the > information to be sufficient accessible.
Interesting. I wonder if this issue might have to be addressed through legislation. As you say, there is a big difference between being able to do one-off searches to find specific bits of information and having the whole data set for mass processing. -- Adrian Short Campaigning for councils to have RSS feeds by Christmas http://www.mashthestate.org.uk/ http://adrianshort.co.uk/ http://twitter.com/adrianshort _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
