No.
The issue is very simple.
Data Protection Law applies to natural persons.
Data Protection Law does not apply to legal persons.
The question is "is this addresses a natural person". If so, DP
rights/principles apply.
It is completely irrelevant if they are trading, as a sole trader or
partnership as the business has no legal personality.
RONAN DURNIN wrote:
> The difficulty with sole traders is that they are both an individual
> (citizen) and an entity. You are interested in the sole trader as an
> entity in this instance, not as a citizen.
>
> Sorry to answer a question with a question, but, will addressing
> correspondence to the director of the company rather than the citizen
> avoid the issue?
>
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> Ronan Durnin
> Business Support Officer
> NIGALA
> 79 Chichester Street
> Belfast
> BT1 4JE
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie Gibbs
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> Subject: [data-protection] Use of Business Rates Information[Scanned]
>
> Can anyone help with this Monday morning question? Our Environmental
> Health Dept wants Revenues to supply them with a list of local
> businesses
> that pay commercial rates so that Env Health can send them information
> about the smoking regulations coming into force next year.
>
> My initial thought is no because the information will be used for a
> different purpose to that which it was originally gathered. Also,
> although
> the information requested is business addresses, some of those
> businesses
> could be sole traders and therefore personal data. I am therefore
> reluctant to agree to this disclosure.
>
> Can someone confirm my thoughts are correct or offer a basis on which to
>
> disclose?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Julie
>
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