* While I agree on the point of a limited number of people having access to iPhones and it's value as a product, the T&Cs you picked up on:
Sorry, I'm just suspicious of a company with a clause (headed "data protection") like this in their T&C's: "Public Zone is a limited company incorporated in England and is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. All personal information you supply to us will be treated in accordance with that Act."* The Data Protection Act is a legal requirement for any company who holds digital data about people, and gives you the right to get access to that information and update it if it's incorrect. Full details can be read here: http://www.ico.gov.uk/Global/faqs/data_protection_for_the_public.aspx On 4 July 2010 20:37, Francis Davey <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 July 2010 20:14, Abdul Hai <[email protected]> wrote: >> I saw this on technology unplugged first of all on Sky news it is new but >> hopefully someone can extend it beyond MPs to other elected officials. >> http://www.my-mp.org.uk/ >> > > With a nicely evil terms and conditions. > > I'm not sure I'd be happy with elected officials paying for a service > which is going to allow what will mostly be propaganda to be > distributed to a fairly small proportion of the electorate (it may be > really cool, but actually the vast majority of voters don't have an > iphone, and those that do probably "need" a service like this least). > Obviously MPs can pay for what they like, but somehow a lot of > personal expenditure seems to end up coming out of the public purse. > > Sorry, I'm just suspicious of a company with a clause (headed "data > protection") like this in their T&C's: > > "Public Zone is a limited company incorporated in England and is > registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. All personal > information you supply to us will be treated in accordance with that > Act." > > Indeed. > > -- > Francis Davey > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > -- Email: [email protected] MSN: [email protected] Personal Website: http://protocol80.net Travel Blog: http://voyage-of-the-odd-essay.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=807895112 Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/pauljfreeman Promoting: http://personinabox.com
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