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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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From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ward, Ciaran
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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 Officer

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