[Fsfe-uk] Data Protection Act and AFFS Memebership List

[Ian]

There has been a lot of debate, probably with the best of intentions,
on this list recently about recovering the details of people who have
been members of the AFFS.

Will the people involved in this data recovery task please remember
their legal responsibilities and remember that they are not just
recovering electronic bytes of data but the personal details of real
people.

The mud throwing, and the attitude of some people, over the last few
days has, I suspect, convinced many ex members of the AFFS they there
is no way they any longer want to be associated in any way with the
AFFS and will be EXTREMELY ANNOYED if their personal details, even if
just their email address or acknowledgement of their past membership,
was passed to ANYONE outside of the exAFFS committee and would
DEFINITELY become very angry if their details were passed on to any
Third Party trying to start a new version of the AFFS.  Do not assume
automatic consent to members details being passed on to Third Parties!

After all the recent mud throwing I feel that if the AFFS is going die
many people would now prefer it's membership list to die with it.

Will the people trying to recover the AFFS Membership List please
therefore bear in mind their legal responsibilities regarding how they
handle this data and be sensitive about what they do with it.
You are dealing with the personal information of real people
not just bytes of data!

Ian.