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Bailiffs chasing old tenant - moral dilemma
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I'd agree that it would be morally OK to give phone No, but does the Data Protection Act have any relevence?
Nope
The only people who need to comply with the DPA are "data controllers" i.e. those that have registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner as they regularly collect/keep personal information.
In this case, it's no different to asking Friend A if they have a number for Friend B.Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac
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AFAIAA the Data Protection Act allows the sharing of personal information under “Schedule 2 conditions”:
1. the subject has given consent to share information; or
2. sharing information is necessary:- to protect the person’s vital interests, or
- to comply with a court order, or
- to fulfil a legal duty, or
- to perform a statutory function, or
- to perform a public function in the public interest, or
- for the legitimate interests of the data controller, or of the third party or parties to whom the data is disclosed,
It's in the legitimate interests of the data controller,ie the LL, not to have bailiffs knocking on his new tenants' doors :-)
Why is the LL a data controller?Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac0 -
Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »The only people who need to comply with the DPA are "data controllers" i.e. those that have registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner as they regularly collect/keep personal information.
Which some LLs have done, because they..... erm...... do regularly collect/keep personal information
In your opinion. We don't know whether the LL is one of those who has registered.In this case, it's no different to asking Friend A if they have a number for Friend B.
My post was in response to a specific query further back in the thread.0 -
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