Presumably when ‘the landlord’ changed name the tenant was told about
it and therefore this should level things out a bit as we do not have a duty to
obtain consent merely to advise any changes to the tenant and, if they have a
problem with this, to allow them to challenge it. Do you think the tenant will
not like HB discussing h is details with the new landlord then?
Kevin Giles
Information Compliance Advisor
The Glasgow Housing Association Ltd
Tel: 0141 274 6723
The advice in this email is for the recipient only and should not be
forwarded without the permission of the sender
For information on the Legal Team, the work we do and answers to
frequently asked legal questions, please click on the link below to go straight
to our homepage.
http://ghanet/html/legal/
-----Original Message-----
From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [data-protection] Landlord question
A tenant when claiming housing benefit answered 'yes' back in 2006 to
the question "do you give permission for the Council to discuss any aspect
of your claim with the landlord?" He was residing with the landlord at the
time and paying rent.
The landlord has now died and her son has inherited the property. Does
he now count as the landlord and can historical details of the claimant's
benefit claim be discussed with him or should we obtain consent again ?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
All archives of messages are stored permanently and are
available to the world wide web community at large at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html
If you wish to leave this list please send the command
leave data-protection to [log in to unmask]
All user commands can be found at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm
Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the
list owner
Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your
needs
To receive these emails in HTML format send the command:
SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask]
(all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^