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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 42df392c8..705627d9c 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -465,13 +465,29 @@ to be public information.</dd> <dt id="takedown">Can you take down personal information about me? <a href="#takedown">#</a> </dt> -<dd> -If you see any personal information on the site which you'd like us to remove or hide, -then please <a href="/help/contact">let us know</a>. We do not always remove it. In some -cases it will be in the public interest for the information to stay. -<a href="http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=3190650"> - Section 32</a> of the Data Protection Act 1998 permits us to do this, as the material -we publish is journalistic. +<dd> +<p>If you see any personal information on the site which you'd like us to +remove or hide, then please let us know. +We apply a public interest test to decide whether to remove it. +<a +href="http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=3190650"> +Section 32</a> of the Data Protection Act 1998 permits us to do this, as the +material we publish is journalistic. +</p> + +<p>If it is sensitive personal information that has been accidentally posted, +and/or whose release breaks the Data Protection Act, then we will usually remove +it. +</p> + +<p>We do not consider the names of officers or servants to be personal +information. We will only remove them in exceptional circumstances. An +authority must first show they are taking steps to remove the +name from all publicly accessible parts of the Internet, including the +authority's own website. We require confirmation from the head of the +department in question. +</p> + </dd> <dt id="mobiles">Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers? <a href="#mobiles">#</a> </dt> |