From 83a77cd901cb7213e4b6c3b08d2037b7ba4cb15c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skenaja Have a look at the
access to official information
-pages on the Information Commisioner's website.
If you're requesting information from a Scottish public authority, the process is very similar. There are differences around time @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ individual.
If you would like to know what information a public authority holds about yourself, you should make a "Subject Access Request" in private using Data Protection law. The leaflet "How to access your information" (on the Information Commisioner's +href="http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/introductory/subject_access_rights.pdf">How to access your information" (on the Information Commissioner's website) explains how to do this.
If you see that somebody has included personal information, perhaps @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ used a pseudonym.
Be careful though, even if the authority follows this good practice, the pseudonym will probably make it impossible for you to complain to the -Information Commisioner later about the handling of your request. +Information Commissioner later about the handling of your request.
There are several good alternatives to using a pseudonym.
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