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Not unusual; guys tour our street all the time on dark evenings; usually under the pretence of selling tea-towels, clearing gutters, jetwashing, etc, but in practice, casing the regulary empty places for burglaries.
Funnily enough I never thought to ask for their GDPR & DPA compliance policy?0 -
When canvassing for elections, political activists typically make notes not just of a householder's voting intentions (assuming they tell them of course), but also of the number/timing of visits too so that they can either call again at a different time, or stop wasting time on a householder who is clearly almost never there (or never answers the door!).
Be surprised if that was illegal.0 -
however i would like to know whether this is legal or acceptable under the data protection act etc.
It's not covered by GDPR because it is not personal information. 'House x is unoccupied' doesn't include any identifying information about a person or people.
There is no other relevant law either. All they are doing is recording publicly discoverable facts. A bit like if you go around recording the number of street lights in your area or something.0 -
Anyone carrying a laptop or clipboard would just get ignored, guess they'll think I'm not in. If it messes up their survey, good
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