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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 8a3393631..8e349a6c6 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -142,9 +142,22 @@ making vexatious requests. See <a href="http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l should refer to this if a public authority attempts to refuse a request because you used a pseudonym. Saying that, you can avoid the problem by simply making your pseudonym look like a real person's name, as there is no general obligation to prove your identity. - </dd> +<dt id="full_address">They've asked for my postal address!</dt> + +<dd>If a public authority asks you for your full address, reply to them saying +that section 8.1.b of the FOI Act asks for an "address for correspondence", +and that the email address you are using is sufficient. The Department for +Constitutional Affairs has <a +href="http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/guidance/proguide/chap04.htm">guidance on +this</a> – +<em>"Return address: There is no obligation to comply with a +request for information if it does not give a return address. If a request is +received by email and, although no postal address is given, the email +address of the sender is included, then this should be treated as the +return address."</em> +</dd> <dt id="tracking">Why does the list of things that I'm tracking appear publically on the site?</dt> |