Director of liquidated company is using the email mailing list for their new company

magicmarv

So I was signed up to the email newsletter of a company which became insolvent. The company was liquidated and the director has now set up a new and very similar company (almost identical name). The new company has just sent me a newsletter announcing their return, but I'm wondering if they are legally allowed to use my data, as this is technically a new company who I never signed up to a newsletter with?

BoGoF

Report to ICO if you have concerns.

DullGreyGuy

magicmarv said:

So I was signed up to the email newsletter of a company which became insolvent. The company was liquidated and the director has now set up a new and very similar company (almost identical name). The new company has just sent me a newsletter announcing their return, but I'm wondering if they are legally allowed to use my data, as this is technically a new company who I never signed up to a newsletter with?

It depends on the Privacy Notice of the original company etc. It can be worded such that they are entitled to sell the details to others and if that is the case then in principle the customer list would have been an asset that the liquidator could have sold on to the highest bidder. 

Normally you'd have to complain to the company in question before going to the ICO, so it somewhat depends if the company has now been liquidated or is still in the process, if its the later you should raise the concerns with the liquidator first.