[euopendata] Examples of dates of birth being published as part of the public record?

[John Forrester]

Here in Italy at some universities there is a fair amount of discussion concerning the publication of the evaluations by students of professors. On one side the argument is against it siting issues of privacy and related concerns others, however, feel the institution is public therefore the evaluations should be published out of public interest.


John Forrester
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Il giorno 02/set/2013, alle ore 13:52, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> ha scritto:

> I was wondering whether anyone might know of any examples of where personal information about living persons - such as dates of birth - have been published as part of the public record by public sector bodies?
> 
> For example in relation to interest, lobby or political registries?
> 
> While generally personal information needs to be carefully protected, we'd be interested to hear of examples of where there might be broader public interest arguments or exceptions for publishing this kind of data.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
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