A few pitfalls:
"Robert Jones & CO" is a sole trader. You are thus passing Mr Jones's data
to a third party without consent. Amusingly, The BBC, if they passed you
"Robert Jones & Co" has passed data to a third party.
If the company names happen to be Italian or Luxembourgish, these are
Personal data in their own countries. This is unlikely to affect you since
Wokingham council is unlikely to have a presence in either Italy or
Luxembourg.
If you pass "We had a complaint about "Spiffing Sofas Limited" which was
handled by Peter Spiffing, you have passed Mr Spiffing's data to a third
party.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Mendonca
Sent: 22 May 2006 09:44
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Subject: [data-protection] Company names
Hello
Can anyone help me with the following please
BBC has supplied a list of company names and have asked whether Trading
Standards have received complaints about any of them.
Apparently we have
Are there any Data Protection issues giving the names of the company to BBC?
I'd be grateful for any help on this!
Many thanks
Robert
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