Property Co Director and Council Employee fined - illegal access to Ts details

tbs624

jjlandlord wrote: »

So the legal framework is there to hit offenders. It's the court which decided on the level of fines based on the facts of the case, which we do not know.

Aware of that, as most thread readers would be, if they are interested in the case:)

It's the same as with many other aspects of the law jj - it's the huge disparity between what the legal framework makes provision for and what actually gets levied in the courts. ( tenancy deposit regs...........)

Note the ICO's own comments on the low fine level.

I hope due credit was given to the "whistleblower" who drew the Council's attention to this staff members actions

missile

Yorkie1 wrote: »

However, at least the 'rogue employee' will doubtless have lost his job and now has a criminal conviction.

You might think and I would hope so. I bet he was on full pay for circa 2 years during the investigation and it appears he still has a job with Slough Borough Council.

See here http://www.facebook.com/ounkar.nainu

I hope due credit was given to the "whistleblower" who drew the Council's attention to this staff members actions

It was an anonymous tip off. Often whistle blowers are fearful they will be shunned by colleagues who think it is wrong to snitch on a m8.

More info here>
http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/News/All-Areas/Slough/Council-employee-prosecuted-after-breaking-privacy-laws-03042012.htm

tbs624

Ignoring the above poster's attempts to divert the thread into one of his usal personal bleats about benefit claimants: let's remember the thread is actually about two LLs and a council worker colluding in the illegal sharing of Ts' private data and their subsequent prosecution for doing so.

According to a separate report the council worker in question was apparently subsequently relieved of his role at the Council - it seems he may be running a courier firm instead.

As for the LLs/property company their website states that "integrity" is a quality which is important to them and they claim to have "a reputation for uncompromising professionalism in everything we do"

Love that the website has a large picture of Windsor Castle as a header....(office in Slough not Windsor and deffo no castles to rent on the books )

BitterAndTwisted

I think those fines were derisory, most especially those imposed upon the company directors and will have no deterrent effect whatsoever.

Those two should have been made to shoulder the total cost of the investigation on top of those laughable fines

tbs624

I agree that the fines slapped on all 3 who were onvolved are derisory but am interested as to why B&T thinks the LLs are more at fault than the Council worker who could quite simply have turned down the fnancil incentive and refused to co-operate. He was effectively the one with the "power" IMO