Parliaments must protect personal information provided by citizens, particularly when it is subject to privacy or data-protection laws. Personal information generally means anything that can be used to personally identify an individual and can include name, address, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other personal data, medical information or biographical information that could lead to the dis- closure of an individual’s identity. Where information is being made public it is always good practice to ask permission to disclose it in advance. It is also important to consider whether anonymous posts (or those made under a pseudonym) will be allowed and if so whether.
