Information Commissioner writing to Unite over its data protection approach

Information Commissioner writing to Unite over its data protection approach

By Mark Pack | Sun 27th June 2010 - 11:56 am

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A footnote to my post from the general election campaign, Hasn’t Charlie Whelan admitted Unite is breaking the law?. Finally, after nearly three months the Information Commissioner has ruled on the complaint and is writing to Unite to “recommend” they change their data protection registration.

As to why the Information Commission didn’t take any action whilst all the phoning was going on and instead waited until the phoning was all over, the data gathered, the data used, the votes all cast and the results decided? The Information Commissioner’s office says “Please accept my apologies”. Not quite regulation at its best.

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2 Comments

Jo 27th Jun '10 - 2:22pm

Not as bad as your party phoning people who were on the TPS
Mark Pack 27th Jun '10 - 2:43pm

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