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Data protection act

Bowey123
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Is it a breach of the Data Protection Act for a sports club to give out members telephone numbers to other members?
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Bowey123 said:Is it a breach of the Data Protection Act for a sports club to give out members telephone numbers to other members?
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
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It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?2 -
MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?
Two clubs of which I am a member will, in limited circumstances, forward a message from one member to another via the secretary providing in includes the sender's details so that the recipient can reply directly (or ignore) as they choose.
That seems to me to be pragmatic solution and as far as I know complies with the regulations.2 -
Depends on the purpose and extent of the sharing, plus what the club's Privacy Policy says1
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Undervalued said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?
Two clubs of which I am a member will, in limited circumstances, forward a message from one member to another via the secretary providing in includes the sender's details so that the recipient can reply directly (or ignore) as they choose.
That seems to me to be pragmatic solution and as far as I know complies with the regulations.
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MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?Undervalued said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?
Two clubs of which I am a member will, in limited circumstances, forward a message from one member to another via the secretary providing in includes the sender's details so that the recipient can reply directly (or ignore) as they choose.
That seems to me to be pragmatic solution and as far as I know complies with the regulations.A list is made available to all members who have booked on so they know who is coming.I am presuming the telephone numbers are included on the list because someone texted me from one of the sessions and was needlessly unpleasant about something.0 -
Bowey123 said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?Undervalued said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?
Two clubs of which I am a member will, in limited circumstances, forward a message from one member to another via the secretary providing in includes the sender's details so that the recipient can reply directly (or ignore) as they choose.
That seems to me to be pragmatic solution and as far as I know complies with the regulations.A list is made available to all members who have booked on so they know who is coming.I am presuming the telephone numbers are included on the list because someone texted me from one of the sessions and was needlessly unpleasant about something.0 -
Ergates said:Bowey123 said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?Undervalued said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?
Two clubs of which I am a member will, in limited circumstances, forward a message from one member to another via the secretary providing in includes the sender's details so that the recipient can reply directly (or ignore) as they choose.
That seems to me to be pragmatic solution and as far as I know complies with the regulations.A list is made available to all members who have booked on so they know who is coming.I am presuming the telephone numbers are included on the list because someone texted me from one of the sessions and was needlessly unpleasant about something.0 -
Bowey123 said:Ergates said:Bowey123 said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?Undervalued said:MattMattMattUK said:It depends if they obtained the members permission to do so, either at the sign up stage or some other point. This would have needed to be an explicit opt in, eg. "Do you agree that your number may be shared with other members for the purpose of arranging matches?" And it would also be permissible for the club management/secretary to contact you on club related business. It would not be permissible for them to give it to a random member because without explicit opt in permission.
What happened?
Two clubs of which I am a member will, in limited circumstances, forward a message from one member to another via the secretary providing in includes the sender's details so that the recipient can reply directly (or ignore) as they choose.
That seems to me to be pragmatic solution and as far as I know complies with the regulations.A list is made available to all members who have booked on so they know who is coming.I am presuming the telephone numbers are included on the list because someone texted me from one of the sessions and was needlessly unpleasant about something.
Essentially I mean: How sure are you that the list included phone numbers? "I presume..." doesn't sound very sure.
Secondly, do you have a copy of whatever form you filled in when providing your number? Specifically of the terms that specify what they'll use the number for. If you don't, you may be able to get one by asking (you don't need to tell them why you're asking for one).0 -
- A list is made available to all members who have booked on so they know who is coming. -
But the list you received didn't have telephone numbers?0
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