Ciaran
Assuming the bill payer is corporate
there are no DP issues at all. I would think it highly unlikely that an
individual is responsible for the electricity bill of a sewage
plant.
The nearest I would think you would
get is a named individual at AN Sewage Plant Owners Ltd on the bill as a point
of contact but the bill's 'owner' is the corporate entity so no DP
considerations. Bills for mobile phones operated by social care staff
here are all addressed to one named individual but they are not that
person's personal data, they are the council's data.
There may be confidentiality
considerations but it seems to me to be another
classic case of a company's staff hiding behind DP because they don't actually
know what they can and can't do and don't understand the
law.
As to whether they should give you
information... that's a whole other argument.
Lee Gardiner
Records Manager
Department of Adult Services
Wigan MBC
x4140 or 01942 404140
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I have
quite a tricky data protection problem which someone may be able to assist
with:
Sewage
is coming up from the drains adjacent to a number of properties owned by my
organization. This is obviously posing a major health hazard. The
local water company and local council have both denied responsibility for the
sewers which apparently haven’t been serviced for several years. However
there is an electricity metre at the sewage works which someone is obviously
paying for. My colleague believes the local water company are responsible
for the sewage operations, so therefore must be paying the electricity
bill. He’s contacted the electricity suppliers to find out who pays the
bill, but they refuse to disclose this, citing data protection rules. Without
this information we cannot prove who’s responsible for the sewage problem, and
thus face the continuation of this health risk on our property.
Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Ciaran Ward - Information
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