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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index cab1df48b..571bf7a12 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ then read our page '<a href="/help/unhappy">Unhappy about the response you got?< <a href="http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_the_public/access_to_official_information.aspx">access to official information</a> pages on the Information Commisioner's website.</p> -<p>If you're requesting information from a Scottish public authority, the process for accessing official information is very -similar to that to the rest of the UK, however there are a few notable differences (especially around time limits for compliance and -<a href="#real_name">pseudonyms</a>). The <a href="http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=1858&sID=321">Scottish Information Commissioner's website</a> -contains specific guidance on the Scottish legislation.</p> +<p>If you're requesting information from a Scottish public authority, +the process is very similar. Notable differences are around time +limits for compliance and <a href="#real_name">pseudonyms</a>. +See the <a href="http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=1858&sID=321">Scottish +Information Commissioner's guidance</a> for details.</p> </dd> <dt id="data_protection">Can I request information about myself? <a href="#data_protection">#</a> </dt> @@ -189,9 +190,12 @@ question. If nothing else, it avoids the risk of an authority being picky, ignoring the guidance and refusing your request. </p> -<p>For requests to Scottish public authorities you should ideally provide a real name, especially if you forsee the possibility of -complaining later to the Scottish Information Commissioner - based on <a href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/advice_on_pseudonyms">legal advice</a> -they received in 2005, they will not accept complaints where they find out that the request was originally made under a pseudonym. +<p>For requests to Scottish public authorities you should ideally provide a +real name, especially if you forsee the possibility of complaining later to the +Scottish Information Commissioner - based on +<a href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/advice_on_pseudonyms">legal advice</a> +they received in 2005, they will not accept complaints where they find out that +the request was originally made under a pseudonym. </p> </dd> |