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@@ -382,18 +382,15 @@ is too big for even that (more than, say, 50Mb).
<dd>We consider what officers or servants do in the course of their employment
to be public information.</dd>
-<dt id="takedown">Can you take down private information about me? <a href="#takedown">#</a> </dt>
+<dt id="takedown">Can you take down personal information about me? <a href="#takedown">#</a> </dt>
<dd>
-<p>If you see any private information on the site which you'd like us to remove or hide,
-then please <a href="/help/contact">let us know</a>.
-</p>
-<p>We consider WhatDoTheyKnow to be journalistic as described under
+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, and use a public interest test to
-decide whether information should be removed.
-</p>
-
+ Section 32</a> of the Data Protection Act 1998 permits us to do this, as the material
+we publish is journalistic.
</dd>
<dt id="mobiles">Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers? <a href="#mobiles">#</a> </dt>