Timeline for Should I secretly record a meeting to prove I'm being discriminated against?
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| Oct 22, 2016 at 9:33 | comment | added | Chris H | @SnakeDoc, I meant that what rights you do have aren't FoI, but DPA. I didn't mean to imply that those rights are absolute. You make a good point about the supervisor's position | |
| Oct 22, 2016 at 8:53 | comment | added | Simd | I am not sure No is the right answer. I believe you may record a meeting you were in secretly for your own records. You should read bwbllp.com/file/covertrecs-emp-summer13-pdf . One option worth considering is to record and then take notes from audio so that when you complain your notes are a more accurate record of what occurred. You don't need to tell anyone that the notes came from a recording. People often find it harder to deny exact quotes than general summaries of a conversation. They may also be nervous denying an exact quote in case a recording should appear! | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 22:44 | comment | added | pjc50 | Personnel matters are one for the Data Protection Act, not FOI. personneltoday.com/hr/weekly-dilemma-subject-access-requests This can be quite effective at stirring things up, but not necessarily to your advantage. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 20:21 | comment | added | SnakeDoc | And frankly, we must consider the possibility that everything is in OP's head, and any action(s) taken by OP will only re-affirm to everyone around, that OP is indeed a troubled person and should be removed ASAP. OP has no proof of anything, only hearsay from a 3rd party, and "gut feelings". Neither of which are enough to act upon. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 20:17 | comment | added | SnakeDoc | @ChrisH That's not true either. You cannot just go around demanding everyone turn over any emails that may contain the OP's name. Also, don't forget, OP clearly shouldn't even know about these emails - exposing that OP is aware, will certainly put OP's supervisor in hot water. Unless OP has seen these emails (not just "heard" about them, as described by OP), then OP may, in fact, be completely off base in the first place. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 19:36 | comment | added | Chris H | @Schmuddi, my understanding (and it's very limited) as that you do have the right to see personal information held about you, but it's nothing to do with FoI. The Data Protection Act is more likely to be relevant. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 19:10 | comment | added | Wolfgang Bangerth | Surely personnel matters are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 18:34 | comment | added | Deleuze | That is a possibility though very unlikely. It would need to be a genuine matter of confidence, not simply by virtue of the fact that it is a private conversation. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 18:21 | comment | added | Schmuddi | Are you sure about the Freedom of Information request? I'm really not familiar with that act, I'm not a lawyer, and I don't know a thing about UK law. However, I would imagine that making public an e-mail conversation between two university members might be considered a breach of confidence, which would render information included in these e-mails exempt information as of s.41 (1) (b) Freedom of Information Act. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 14:54 | history | answered | Deleuze | CC BY-SA 3.0 |