I was not really surprised at the assertion of a Labour supporter on Twitter, that the following two posters reproduced from The Straight Choice were considered "Frankly Disgraceful", yet when I suggested to her that Labour's cancer mail shot which can only have resulted from using protected data (probably medical records) was pretty diabolical, the resulting silence was........................ er deafening.
I do of course refer to s7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (1998 c 29) wherein an individual is entitled to be informed of the circumstances of where and to whom his or her data is being disclosed.
So whilst the posters may be distasteful they are not illegal. However identifying cancer sufferers from medical records (unless it was a massive lucky guess) is a contravention of the 1998 Act. I'd almost recommend those people who were targeted by Labour's disgraceful action, take their case to the European Court of Human rights.
No matter what happens in the General Election the despicable ingrates who perpetrated this opportunist electioneering scam should be locked up.
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Totally agree.
Labour supporters become hysterical if you dare point out the mess Blair/Gordon & Co., have got this Country into.
However as I'm sure that you're aware Michael Scholar of the UK Statistics authority, has written to the Conservative Party - AGAIN - to complain about the misleading and erroneous use of statistcs to misrepresent the relative levels of violent crime.
Not only is this Tory poster distasteful - it is wholly based on an untruth.
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