They probably gave their permission somewhere, by ticking some box or other
to be on there, thats all you need....the rules are also somewhat different
if you are advertising yourself as a business, your "information" is then
free to share. Most vets advertise themselves as a business.

I've done Data Protection training at work, and to be honest if you allow
yourself to be in the phone book then you are allowing someone to take your
information and share it, the law is very grey in matters such as these. I
wouldn't worry about advertising vets freely whatsoever, but it is a common
courteousy sometimes just to ask your vet if they wouldn't mind. Just as I
would expect my vet to ask me if I wouldn't mind if they advertised me as a
"rat specialist" in the pages of their magazine and I had no idea....

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>From: "Matt Creaney" <asbru.rattery@...>
>Reply-To: mrc_business@...
>To: mrc_business@...
>Subject: Re: [mrc_business] Digest Number 26
>Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:06:53 +0100
>
>Vet contact details are also freely available on the RCVS website,
>http://www.rcvs.org.uk , without prior registration.
>
>Matt
>
>On 10/1/06, Su Mitchell <su@...> wrote:
> >
> > Given that their details are publicly available by looking in a
>telephone
> > directory, I wouldn't have thought there'd be an issue.
> >
> > After all people can usually find out your name and address from the
> > electoral roll, and I don't remember giving express permission for this.
> >
> > Su
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:53 pm
> > From: "Sheila Sowter" sas24@...
> > Subject: Recommended Vet List
> >
> >
> > P12 of the latest issue of the magazine asks for Vets' details. It
>doesn't
> > say you ought to ask your vet if (s)he minds being on the list, and
>might
> > there not be implications under the Data Protection Act about how the
> > information is kept, even if the vet has given permission.
> > Sheila
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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