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Pan · 25/09/2010 23:27

How far does this go?
I ask as society becomes more complex, and this is inpart due to the internet. And as we proudly know, the incidence of MN in the life of the nation is growing.......!

Some threads and posts can be controversial, and sometimes veer towards the 'actionable'. We have seen this.

But where do we stand regarding being exposed to "security services" having access to poster's personal details?>

We know that some posters express views that are not consistent with govt. policy, and sometimes sail in the opposite direction.

And it's ok to suspect that should "security services" feel a need to access details, they may have the techie-power to illegally find personal details of posters.

But, how far does MNHQ's resonsibilites go in helping to identify to govt agencies, legally, individual posters?

CatherineMumsnet · 26/09/2010 21:39

Hi Pan. We've had this question before and if asked by the police then yes, we do need to supply information.

In regards to your specific query above, that's pretty specialised and one we'll need to get a bit more imput on.

JustineMumsnet · 27/09/2010 10:33

Hi Pan,
Well happily the situation has never arisen - the spooks have never contacted us about any poster and the police have only once or twice in relation to domestic violence/abuse issues, for which we'd generally be happy to assist.

Broadly our policy is to comply with data protection responsibilities but not to break the law. That said, we think we'd be very happy to engage the full power of the media and Mumsnet if we felt we were being obliged to divulge information for nefarious purposes. Which I think would be quite a deterrent.

Thanks for raising it. Do let us know if you have further worries.

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