Not strictly true if the individual is the Director of a Limited Co or a
PLC.
This is because their information is already publicly available via
Companies House and they (Co's House) are legally obliged to make the
information available (but that's going slightly off at a tangent).
If the info wanted by the BBC isn't personal data then surely the request
falls under FOI anyway?
-----Original Message-----
From: Carter, Antoinette (MCS) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 22 May 2006 10:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Company names
A company is not a "person", so it's not "personal data" - unless of course,
the complaint is specific to a single person ie. a Director, in which case
you'd probably need to think about anonymising the information...?
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Mendonca
Sent: 22 May 2006 09:44
To: [log in to unmask]
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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