If you read the original post carefully, it stated that the mother knew the
daughter's room number.
As someone who has been "stalked" electronically I sympathise with both
positions.
Nick Landau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Oppenheim" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Hotel Reception
> Sorry, but I profoundly disagree. Mother and daughter may have had a
> furious
> row and the daughter did not want to talk to her mum. What if it was an
> abusive partner tracking someone down and trying one hotel after another?
>
> Charles
>
> Quoting [log in to unmask]:
>
>> I disagree; her mother already knows who she is and that she is there,
>> so therefore no "personal data" has actually been divulged.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Oppenheim
>> Sent: 18 July 2006 13:57
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Hotel Reception
>>
>> I think the hotel was correct. There is no proof that the person
>> calling is her mother, and even if she was her mother, how do we know
>> that the daughter has sworn never to speak to her mother again? I doubt
>> many hotels have as one of their Purposes passing on guest details to
>> any third party who asks.
>>
>> The daughter should have phoned her mother or texted her what her room
>> number was.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>> Quoting John Hughes <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> > Dear All
>> >
>> > Last night my niece, Angela, was staying in a hotel in Milton Keynes,
>> > one of a very well-known chain. Her mother (my sister) phoned the
>> > hotel reception desk and asked to be put through to her daughter's
>> > room, giving Angela's full name and her room number. The receptionist
>>
>> > told her this would not be possible "because of the Data Protection
>> > Act".
>> >
>> > My sister then asked if the receptionist would call Angela internally
>> > and ask if it was ok to put her mother through. The reply was "no" as
>> > this was "against the law".
>> >
>> > Can anyone explain to me how???
>> >
>> > John Hughes
>> >
>> >
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