Opinions invited.
It is generally beleived that when a private investigator is making enquiries
he must identify him/herself to the informant , tell them the purpose to
which the information will be put and to whom it will be passed.
If he/she does that there is a strong possibility that the informant will
realise that the data subject (target of enquiry) owes money to the credit
card co/bank/department store etc on whose behalf the enquiry is being made.
The investigator has a duty to protect the data subjects interests.
If the enquiry relates to consumer debt then it comes within the jurisdiction
of The Consumer Credit Act 1974 and section 174 of that act says that
information relating to Consumer Debt cannot be revealed to a third party
without the subjects permission.
If the investigator deceives the informant who provides the information from
their head and the investigator keeps it in his/her head to develop hunches
during the course of his/her enquiries, is Principle 1 breached?
I await your pearls of wisdom with bated breath.
Chris Brogan
Security International
www.securitysi.com
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