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diff --git a/app/views/help/privacy.rhtml b/app/views/help/privacy.rhtml index fc8c54885..bec0c8c23 100644 --- a/app/views/help/privacy.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/privacy.rhtml @@ -2,54 +2,54 @@ <%= render :partial => 'sidebar' %> -<h1 id="privacy"><%= @title %> <a href="#privacy">#</a> </h1> - -<dl> - -<dt id="email_address">Who gets to see my email address? <a href="#email_address">#</a> </dt> - -<dd><p>We will not disclose your email address to anyone unless we are obliged to by law, -or you ask us to. This includes the public authority that you are sending a -request to. They only get to see an email address -@whatdotheyknow.com which is specific to that request. </p> -<p>If you send a message to another user on the site, then it will reveal your -email address to them. You will be told that this is going to happen.</p> -</dd> - -<dt id="nasty_spam">Will you send nasty, brutish spam to my email address? <a href="#nasty_spam">#</a> </dt> -<dd>Nope. After you sign up to <%= site_name %> we will only send you emails -relating to a request you made, an email alert that you have signed up for, -or for other reasons that you specifically authorise. We will never give or -sell your email addresses to anyone else, unless we are obliged to by law, or -you ask us to. -</dd> - -<dt id="public_request">Why will my name and my request appear publicly on the site? <a href="#public_request">#</a> </dt> - -<dd> -<p>We publish your request on the Internet so that anybody can read it and -make use of the information that you have found. We do not normally delete -requests (<a href="#delete_requests">more details</a>). -</p> -<p> -Your name is tangled up with your request, so has to be published as well. -It is only fair, as we're going to publish the name of the civil servant who -writes the response to your request. Using your real name also helps people -get in touch with you to assist you with your research or to campaign with you. -</p> -<p>By law, you must use your real name for the request to be a valid Freedom of -Information request. See the next question for alternatives if you do not want -to publish your full name. -</p> -</dd> - -<dt id="real_name">Can I make an FOI request using a pseudonym? <a href="#real_name">#</a> </dt> - - -<dd> -<p>Technically, you must use your real name for your request to be a valid Freedom of Information request in law. See this -<a href="http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/freedom_of_information/detailed_specialist_guides/name_of_applicant_fop083_v1.pdf">guidance from the Information Commissioner</a> (January 2009). -</p> +<div id="left_column_flip"> + <h1 id="privacy"><%= @title %></h1> + <dl> + + <dt id="email_address">Who gets to see my email address? <a href="#email_address">#</a> </dt> + + <dd><p>We will not disclose your email address to anyone unless we are obliged to by law, + or you ask us to. This includes the public authority that you are sending a + request to. They only get to see an email address + @whatdotheyknow.com which is specific to that request. </p> + <p>If you send a message to another user on the site, then it will reveal your + email address to them. You will be told that this is going to happen.</p> + </dd> + + <dt id="nasty_spam">Will you send nasty, brutish spam to my email address? <a href="#nasty_spam">#</a> </dt> + <dd>Nope. After you sign up to WhatDoTheyKnow we will only send you emails + relating to a request you made, an email alert that you have signed up for, + or for other reasons that you specifically authorise. We will never give or + sell your email addresses to anyone else, unless we are obliged to by law, or + you ask us to. + </dd> + + <dt id="public_request">Why will my name and my request appear publicly on the site? <a href="#public_request">#</a> </dt> + + <dd> + <p>We publish your request on the Internet so that anybody can read it and + make use of the information that you have found. We do not normally delete + requests (<a href="#delete_requests">more details</a>). + </p> + <p> + Your name is tangled up with your request, so has to be published as well. + It is only fair, as we're going to publish the name of the civil servant who + writes the response to your request. Using your real name also helps people + get in touch with you to assist you with your research or to campaign with you. + </p> + <p>By law, you must use your real name for the request to be a valid Freedom of + Information request. See the next question for alternatives if you do not want + to publish your full name. + </p> + </dd> + + <dt id="real_name">Can I make an FOI request using a pseudonym? <a href="#real_name">#</a> </dt> + + + <dd> + <p>Technically, you must use your real name for your request to be a valid Freedom of Information request in law. See this + <a href="http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/freedom_of_information/detailed_specialist_guides/name_of_applicant_fop083_v1.pdf">guidance from the Information Commissioner</a> (January 2009). + </p> <p>However, the same guidance also says it is good practice for the public authority to still consider a request made using an obvious pseudonym. @@ -179,6 +179,6 @@ that authorities resend these with the personal information removed.</p> <p><strong>Learn more</strong> from the help for <a href="/help/officers">FOI officers</a> --> -<div id="hash_link_padding"></div> - + <div id="hash_link_padding"></div> +</div> |