Requests For Personal Information
Personal information such as email addresses will often appear as a matter of course on material that we hold. Before offering third parties access to this material ( for example via a viewing at BBC premises) we should consider whether it is possible to remove or screen out personal information. THE SAME REFERRAL PROCEDURE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AS FOR REQUESTS FOR MATERIAL.
We would not normally hand over personal details unless required by law to do so; however, in some limited cases, we may consider whether it would be appropriate to contact the contributor to inform them that the police may wish to contact them. This could be, for example, where someone has sent us in material which they clearly wish to be used to highlight serious anti social behaviour.