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Letter from possible new business owner

  • 11-08-2011 1:51pm
    #1
    trad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,696 ✭✭✭


    Data Protection

    I work for a large company (Company A) who are currently in receivership. Company B have made a conditional offer to the Receiver to purchase the Company A.

    Today I recieved a letter at home from Company B. They do not own Company A. It appears that either Company A or the Receiver has passed on my personal details (along with the rest of the work force) to Company B.

    Is this a breach of the Data Protection Act given that Company B is not my employer?


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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    trad wrote: »
    Data Protection
    It appears that either Company A or the Receiver has passed on my personal details (along with the rest of the work force) to Company B.

    Not necessarily, the receiver could have been asked to send a letter originating from Company B to the employees so Company B could have sent a template letter to the receiver and asked that it be sent to all of the employees.

    The people in Company B were not necessarily given a list of the employees and their home addresses, I would be very surprised if a professional like a receiver did this.


  • #3
    trad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,696 ✭✭✭trad


    Hadn't considered that scenario.

    The postmark would lend itself to this as Company B is not Dublin based.

    Thank you


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