BNP Membership List Published: Analysis of Legal Position for Blogs
I spend an entire day digging around for details of the Martin Bright New Statesman / Carter-Ruck Libel imbroglio about the businessman Nadhmi Auchi and news reports being removed from websites in the UK after lawyers letters are sent, and I surface to find that someone has published what is claimed to be the entire membership list of the BNP, including phone numbers, email addresses and personal notes - the whole lot.
The story was first reported by the anti-fascist activist Lancaster UAF site. The list is not hard to find. Liberal Conspiracy will be having an interesting debate about it.
Despite obvious violent disagreements in policy and politics and that I think the party is contemptible, the BNP members do have a right to privacy and for their data to be properly maintained - just like the rest of us, and whoever posted the list is headed for trouble if they get found out.
