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helsinkiandrewtoday at 2:34 PM1 replyview on HN

Better overview of what the complaint was here:

https://www.tremark.co.uk/moj-orders-deletion-of-courtsdesk-...

They raise the interesting point that "publicly available" doesn't necessarily mean its free to store/process etc:

> One important distinction is that “publicly available” does not automatically mean “free to collect, combine, republish and retain indefinitely” in a searchable archive. Court lists and registers can include personal data, and compliance concerns often turn on how that information is processed at scale: who can access it, how long it is kept, whether it is shared onward, and what safeguards exist to reduce the risk of harm, especially in sensitive matters.


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tchallatoday at 2:44 PM

I can’t believe that this even needs to be said. There are plenty of things which are publicly available but not free to share and definitely not allowed to be made money of.

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