Ah, I missed the slant on the comment (That's text based conversation for you! I did think it odd)
Having a quick play with the app though, they don't really ask for any information from you, other then using your postcode to look up the MP, so there isn't really a lot of data they could misuse in need of protection. >From a spending point of view, I'd be interested to know how much it costs vs say, printing leaflets. - Perhaps it's more cost effective to deliver targeted information to people asking for it, then blindly pushing out printed leaflets. The downside seems to be though, that it doesn't cover candidates, which seems unbalanced. On 4 July 2010 21:38, Francis Davey <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 July 2010 21:28, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think his point, if I'm reading it correctly, is that a somewhat bland > > statement which says, in essence, nothing more than "we won't break the > law" > > isn't particularly reassuring. I'd expect that as a bare minimum (and not > > even expect it to need to be said - they don't say "we won't murder you" > or > > "we won't kidnap your children"), not the sum total of their data > protection > > policy. > > > > Yes exactly. I apologise for not spelling it out. A skim reader might > miss that the clause fails completely to offer anything, and in > particular doesn't represent any guarantee (beyond that we already > have) that the company won't do "bad" things with personal data. By > contrast an organisation that is on the side of the angels would tell > you what they would be doing with your data (and the answer would be - > not much you don't want them to), something like this: > > http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/about#privacy > > would have actual reassurance. > > -- > 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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