Electoral register and email addresses
Dear Cheltenham Borough Council,
I am interested to know whether:
(a) You hold personal email addresses as part of your Electoral Register, and if so,
(b) how many emails you hold in the Electoral Register;
(c) What the source or sources of these emails is;
(d) Whether you have included all or some portion of these emails as part of the datasets you gave to election candidates at the 2019 General Election;
(e) If so, how many emails were supplied;
(f) Whether you supplied email details in other prior elections.
Yours faithfully,
Jim Killock
Open Rights Group
Dear Mr Killock,
Thank you for your enquiry received 09/12/19. Your request for information
has been logged as FOI 7200 and you will receive a response within 20
working days.
Kind regards,
Beth Sears
Customer Relations and Information Officer
Cheltenham Borough Council
Tel: 01242 264350
Email: [1][Cheltenham Borough Council request email]
Website: [2]http://www.cheltenham.gov.uk
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Dear Mr Killock,
The information the council holds in relation to your request for
information is below:
(a) Personal email addresses are not held on the Electoral Register –
the Electoral Register shows full name and full address only, therefore
your following questions (b) to (f) do not apply.
Please note: If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s response you have
a right of appeal. In the first instance please forward your appeal to
Customer Relations, Cheltenham Borough Council, Municipal Offices,
Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 9SA or email:
[1][Cheltenham Borough Council request email]. Your appeal will be considered and
a response sent to you within 20 working days.
If you are still not happy with this decision you have a further right of
appeal to the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Kind regards,
Beth Sears
Customer Relations and Information Officer
Cheltenham Borough Council
Tel: 01242 264350
Email: [2][Cheltenham Borough Council request email]
Website: [3]http://www.cheltenham.gov.uk
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