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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 9058577db..3c86b4092 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -200,16 +200,21 @@ pseudonym will probably make it impossible for you to complain to the Information Commisioner later about the handling of your request. </p> -<p>There are several good alternatives to using a pseudonym. +<p>There are several good alternatives to using a pseudonym.</p> + <ul> -<li>Make the request using a different form of your name. The guidance says +<li>Use a different form of your name. The guidance says that "Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts" can make a valid request as "Arthur Roberts", -"A. T. Roberts", or "Mr Roberts", but not as "Arthur" or "A.T.R.".</li> -<li>Make the request using the name of a company, the trading name of a company, +"A. T. Roberts", or "Mr Roberts", but not as "Arthur" or "A.T.R.". +</li> +<li>Women may use their maiden name.</li> +<li>In most cases, you may use any name by which you are "widely known and/or +is regularly used". +<li>Use the name of a company, the trading name of a company, or the trading name of a sole trader. -<li>Ask someone else to make the request on your behalf. If you really cannot -find anyone, please <a href="/help/about">contact us</a> and a WhatDoTheyKnow -volunteer may make the request for you.</li> +<li>Ask someone else to make the request on your behalf. If you are really +stuck and cannot find anyone, <a href="/help/about">contact us</a> and a +WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer may make the request for you.</li> </ul> </dd> |