Not really my idea of confidentiality!

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 20:46

I've just had an email reminding me that tomorrow is blood donor day - so far so good! BUT at the beginning of the email are all the email addresses it has been sent to! If all details are supposed to be confidential why did they not put all the addresses under "BCC"? I don't particularly mind people knowing that I give blood but I do mind every man and his dog knowing my email address. Looks like you were right not to trust the BRS Brinsley. Bet this wouldn't have happened with Chris!!!!

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 20:56

Not condoning it , but perhaps the person who sent it were not computer literate , i didn't know about the BCC until someone kindly informed me .

Simbas

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 20:59

booitsme,

Booitsme



In the defence of the BRS, Karen Wenbourne (apologies for the spelling of her name) has now left and Prue Lundy is doing it all herself so probably didn't even think that this could happen.



And before anyone starts I am still not a BRS member but think in this incidence they are doing the best that they can.



Chris



p.s. Thanks for the compliment and you are correct I wouldn't have made the same mistake or DC would have had my guts for garters.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 21:00

Simbas,



BCC stands for blind carbon copy.



Chris

p.s. I nearly sounded intelligent there!!

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 21:07

Hi Chris, the email actually came from Karen not Prue - oops! Part of the problem is that the BRS HAD promised the same level of confidentiality a you gave. I think the idea behind the email is a good one but it still doesn't fill me with confidence that this has happened. Still, we all learn from our mistakes! And I bet DC is a pussycat really

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 21:16

booitsme



my understanding was that Karen had resigned.!!!



DC was too smart to use e-mail he texted when we needed blood and paid the cost of the text's.



I think DC is a pussycat as well but Trix I am sure will say he is a tiger!



Chris

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 21:18

Thanks Chris

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 21:35

Msg 1

I received the same email and replied immediately:-

"I will NOT be there and should be only contacted in an emergency for any patient that needs my blood, AB Pos. Richard"

This is bang out of order, having once been asked to donate and did, for one particular person in desperate need of my blood group for an emergency operation last year, I wonder why the BRS have taken over all the hard, clever work that Chris did and then expect non-members to cooperate with their selfish, self-serving ideas of how an expatriate community should behave?! Not fit for purpose!



Richard

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 23:31

richard my sentiments also, chris and hans made it simple for us. i for one was ready ansd went when the child from syria needed reg neg group 0. The BRS and ladies in red do it also, why when all is needed is what chris and hans set up a database. the brs are in trouble we will see

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
22/05/2010 07:40

Do you use GMAIL?



Try this - Send yourself a short (test) email to your normal email address and also use BCC to your second address (I am sure you all have one just in case) then when you receive it, open it straight away and look at the top right hand side of the email.



You will notice a line that says - Show Details - click on that line and see what you get!

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
22/05/2010 08:30

mick,

You're right!

However, email sent from gmail only shows the bcc when you are logged in as the sender.

I tried sending an email from my other half's gmail account to my gmail account, bcc'd to my yahoo a/c.

Still with me?

GOOD!

Neither 'recipient' a/c showed the bcc.

So that's all right then

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
22/05/2010 14:07

Keith,

Interesting! I logged in on my other computer to my other email address and sent myself a message to my gmail address and BCC'd it to my address I was sending from. When I opened my gmail in mail I could see the BCC address that I had also sent to my other address?????



So intrrigued by this I will do some more digging!

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
22/05/2010 15:48

Mick,

You can see the Bcc if you are logged into the gmail a/c from which the mail was sent - it doesn't seem to matter whether it's on the same computer...

Scubamum


Joined: 16/03/2008
Posts: 72

Message Posted:
22/05/2010 15:53

My apologies to you all. I sent the emails out last night in haste, and realised this morning that i had not sent them via a BCC. I do understand the importance of confidentiality in these matters.



Once again my sincere apologies to you all for my error.



Karen Wenborn.

Rocker



Joined: 24/09/2008
Posts: 384

Message Posted:
22/05/2010 19:29

Well done Karen kep up the good work

Rocker

Scubamum


Joined: 16/03/2008
Posts: 72

Message Posted:
23/05/2010 08:57

Thanks Rocker



Karen