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Women’s Place - cancelled Leeds meeting

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Goldenbuzzer · 01/11/2018 13:35

Came across this FOI request regarding the cancellation of the booking - it’s been updated today.

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/womens_place_uk_booking?nocache=incoming-1257930#incoming-1257930

As well as publishing all their emails about cancelling the booking and redrafts of the press release, Leeds council today, accidentally published the name and phone number of the person who made the original booking - since been removed. I can’t believe they actually did that...

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Ereshkigal · 01/11/2018 14:26

I would imagine they are absolutely required to report it under their own public sector guidelines, if not law.

arranfan · 01/11/2018 14:20

So lax that they'd better hope nothing untoward happens to this person as a result as they might be liable for a hefty payout under GDPR/new data protection rules

I wonder if they're required to report it anyway - and within 72 hours of being notified that it occurred?

Ereshkigal · 01/11/2018 14:18

So lax that they'd better hope nothing untoward happens to this person as a result as they might be liable for a hefty payout under GDPR/new data protection rules which came in in May.

Juells · 01/11/2018 14:15

burble burble burble burble burble bomb threats burble burble violence burble burble burble.

Ereshkigal · 01/11/2018 14:14

So they are very careful not to release the contents of e-mails that they used to take this decision, but are very lax with the name and phone number of the person booking the venue 

My thoughts exactly.

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Goldenbuzzer · 01/11/2018 14:04

Yup - wonder if they have contacted the person who made the booking to tell them. ( I’m guessing not)

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Melamin · 01/11/2018 13:58

So they are very careful not to release the contents of e-mails that they used to take this decision, but are very lax with the name and phone number of the person booking the venue Hmm

arranfan · 01/11/2018 13:45

You may also contact the Commissioner via his website at [2]www.ico.gov.uk

Loth as I am to correct an Information Governance Officer I rather think the current Commissioner is Elizabeth Denham. Denham has been in this role since July 2016.

Charliethefeminist · 01/11/2018 13:40

This pursuit may take a long time but it will deter other councils in the meantime from such behaviour. Transparency will be required. They can't get away with it any more.

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Goldenbuzzer · 01/11/2018 13:36

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/womens_place_uk_booking?nocache=incoming-1257930#incoming-1257930

Hoping that’s a clicky link.

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