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diff --git a/app/views/help/officers.rhtml b/app/views/help/officers.rhtml index a976240e0..3b20ca31a 100644 --- a/app/views/help/officers.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/officers.rhtml @@ -205,41 +205,8 @@ is too big for even that (more than, say, 50Mb). <dt id="names">Why do you publish the names of civil servants and the text of emails? <a href="#names">#</a> </dt> <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 personal information about me? <a href="#takedown">#</a> </dt> - -<dd> - -<p>If you see any personal information about you on the site which you'd like -us to remove or hide, then please <a href="/help/contact">let us know</a>, -specifying exactly what information you believe to be problematic and why, and -where it appears on the site.</p> - -<p>If it is sensitive personal information that has been accidentally -posted, then we will usually remove it. Normally we will only consider -requests to remove personal information which come from the individual -concerned, but for sensitive information we would appreciate anyone -pointing out anything they see.</p> - -<p>We consider for various reasons that there is a strong public interest in -retaining the names of officers or servants of public authorities. We will only -remove such names in exceptional circumstances, such as where the disclosure of -a name and position of employment would substantially risk an individual's -safety. If you are such an official and you wish to have your name removed for -such an urgent reason, you must supply us with a request to do so from your -line manager. This request must demonstrate that a risk has been perceived -which outweighs the public interest, and must demonstrate that efforts have -been made to conceal the name on the organisation's own website.</p> - -<p>For all other requests we apply a public interest test to decide -whether information should be removed. -<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. We cannot easily edit many types of attachments (such -as PDFs, or Microsoft Word or Excel files), so we will usually ask -that authorities resend these with the personal information removed.</p> - +to be public information. We will only remove content in exceptional +circumstances, see our <a href="/help/privacy#takedown">take down policy</a>. </dd> <dt id="mobiles">Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers? <a href="#mobiles">#</a> </dt> |