Old landlord given my new address to ex tenant

Mr_Thrifty

Just chuck it in the trash? If the bills remain unpaid, it's none of your concern, right?

ViolaLass

Is it possible that the LL got someone to write the address for him e.g. partner, sibling etc because perhaps he didn't have time on that particular day i.e. the other tenant may not have been involved so a little benefit of the doubt might be reasonable rather than charging in guns blazing.

DRP

Mr_Thrifty wrote: »

Just chuck it in the trash? If the bills remain unpaid, it's none of your concern, right?

yeah, this^^

Ulfar

also for clarity, if an organisation holds written personal information this is also covered by the data protection act it isn't just computerised data.

Given that the individual is a landlord and would have personal information including addresses, contact details and a tenancy contract this information is also covered.

GDB2222

Ulfar wrote: »

I disagree with this and so does the information commissioner see links below. A landlord isn't a private individual, they are handing over private details obtained as part of their operation as a business.

A landlord could legitimately supply an ex-tenants address to the current tenant if they have post addressed to the ex-tenant to forward to them without breaching the act.

As the bills are addressed to the occupier and are actually the landlords responsibility then there is no business need for the details to be handed over and this is a breach.

See :

http://www.tenantverify.co.uk/data-protection.htm

and

http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/housing/landlords.aspx

So, the landlord was perfectly entitled to give the new tenant the address of the old tenant for the purpose of sending on post for the old tenant. It now looks like the new tenant is incorrectly forwarding other stuff. So, surely the OP should address his complaints to the new tenant? Or simply bin the stuff.