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| -rw-r--r-- | app/views/help/about.rhtml | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | app/views/request_mailer/followup.rhtml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | app/views/request_mailer/initial_request.rhtml | 12 |
3 files changed, 63 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 872641961..183d7d249 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ authority has a duty to work out if the Environmental Information Regulations </dl> -<h1 id="privacy">Privacy policy</h1> +<h1 id="privacy">Privacy questions</h1> <dl> @@ -187,6 +187,54 @@ that. </dl> +<h1 id="officers">FOI officer questions</h1> + +<dl> + +<dt id="responses">Why are you publishing responses to FOI requests?</dt> + +<dd>Freedom of Information responses contain public information, which anybody could +easily request again from the public authority. Therefore, +there is no reason they shouldn't be published on the Internet. There are lots +of benefits - everything from preventing duplicate requests, to getting the public +more involved and interested in the work of government. +</dd> + +<dt id="names">What about the names of civil servants and the text of emails?</dt> + +<dd>Officers or servants responding to requests are doing so on behalf of the +public as part of their job, and we publish their response on that +basis. Usually the names and phone numbers of FOI officers are already +available on authority websites. We also encourage our users to give their real +name too, so it is fair both ways. + +<dt id="mobiles">Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers?</dt> + +<dd>We automatically remove email addresses and labelled mobile phone numbers +that are in the email part of responses from public authorities. Please +<a href="/help/contact">contact us</a> if we've missed one. We don't currently +remove these from attachments, +such as Word documents. + +<dt id="takedown">Can you take down private information about me?</dt> + +<dd>If you see any information on the site which you'd like us to remove or +hide, then please <a href="/help/contact">let us know</a>. We'll then +remove it, provided it is genuinely private information. + +<dt id="copyright">Won't I be breaking copyright law by sending a response that you then publish?</dt> + +<dd>No, you will simply be replying to an FOI request by email (the "expressed +preference" of the requester, under +<a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000/plain/ukpga_20000036_en#pt1-pb1-l1g11">section +11(1)</a> of the Freedom of Information Act). That we are later republishing your +response is a separate matter of copyright law, and not something which FOIA lists +as a reason for rejecting a request. +</dd> + +</dl> + + <h1 id="credits">Credit where credit is due</h1> <dl> diff --git a/app/views/request_mailer/followup.rhtml b/app/views/request_mailer/followup.rhtml index c379b291d..9d4ca488a 100644 --- a/app/views/request_mailer/followup.rhtml +++ b/app/views/request_mailer/followup.rhtml @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ <%= @outgoing_message.body.strip %> <%= @outgoing_message.quoted_part_to_append_to_email.strip %> + +------------------------------------------------------------------- +Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be +published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies: +http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/about#officers +------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/app/views/request_mailer/initial_request.rhtml b/app/views/request_mailer/initial_request.rhtml index 9d5395098..2f9cc9fee 100644 --- a/app/views/request_mailer/initial_request.rhtml +++ b/app/views/request_mailer/initial_request.rhtml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ <%= @outgoing_message.body.strip %> ------------------------------------------------------------------- -Is <%= @info_request.public_body.request_email%> the wrong address for -<%= @info_request.law_used_full %> requests to <%= @info_request.public_body.name%>? -If so please let us know by emailing <%=@contact_email%> - we'll make sure -future ones go to the right place. +Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be +published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies: +http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/about#officers + +Is <%= @info_request.public_body.request_email%> the wrong address +for <%= @info_request.law_used_full %> requests to <%= @info_request.public_body.name%>? +If so please let us know by emailing <%=@contact_email%> - we'll make +sure future ones go to the right place. ------------------------------------------------------------------- |