No. "The occupier" refers to any and every occupier of those premises.
We will get deep into semantics here, I think. Looked at with logic, an
address may have many occupiers, and a person many addresses. There is not
a one to one relationship in either direction. If there were then an
address would be sufficient to identify a unique living individual.
While we might assume that "Windsor Castle" was the address for Elizabeth
Windsor, it is also the address of a castle full of other people. The same
logic passes to the one room bed-sit in Tooting which has only "room" for
one person, but where Maisie shares the meagre accommodation with her friend
Gwladys.
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Email addresses
Forget email for a sec. Think about this.
Is the following personal information or not?
The Occupier
'Estoppel'
Route de Braye
Alderney
GY9 3XJ
Telephone 01481 822818
Simon Howarth wrote:
>>I do not think email addresses are personal data. I could set up an
>>email address [log in to unmask] which is not my name, so doesn't
>>identify me. Both my work email address and my private one contain my
>>correct name, but they need not.
>
>
> This is why I think we need to consider that an e-mail address *might*
> be personal data. Anyone with a bit of nouse can reasonably quickly
> find a lot of information about me, simply starting with my e-mail
> address. However I have a hotmail account that I use that could not
> possibly be traced back to me (except I suppose by the Police or
> security service if they really wanted to), this e-mail address would not
be personal information.
>
> Therefore to say that email addresses are or are not personal data is
> erroneous. It is more accurate to say that some email addresses may be
> personal data.
>
> Simon Howarth.
> [log in to unmask] - sorry it's nearly Friday.
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Anne's Walk, Alderney, GY9 3JZ (GG) Tel. 01481 822800 (office) or 0870 321
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