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Can a garda disclose confidential police information to a landlord

  • 04-04-2016 5:57pm
    #1
    TheHillOfDoom
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 794 ✭✭✭


    Can a police officer advise a landlord of alleged offences, legally?

    Say for e.g., a tenant has been investigated for theft, but never convicted, is it legal for a garda to advise a landlord of the investigation which resulted in no conviction?


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  • #2
    Fred Swanson
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
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    M


    No it's not, that would be a data protection breach and a very serious one.


  • #4
    TheHillOfDoom
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 794 ✭✭✭TheHillOfDoom


    They were talking in relation to an investigation of drugging - made by me. The landlord claims that the police advised him to evict us as tenants as we were trouble (neither of us have ever been convicted of anything!). One of us was investigated for a crime and found not guilty. It wasn't theft.


  • #5
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    TheHillOfDoom wrote: »
    They were talking in relation to an investigation of drugging - made by me. The landlord claims that the police advised him to evict us as tenants as we were trouble (neither of us have ever been convicted of anything!). One of us was investigated for a crime and found not guilty. It wasn't theft.

    You seem to be making a number of assumptions 1 that the Garda actually said what the LL alleged, 2 even if the Garda said "you or your friend" are trouble there is no evidence that that is anything other than the opinion of the Garda. 3 there is nothing in what you say the LL said that states the Garda breached data protection.


  • #6
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,577 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Some landlords are trying to evict people on spurious grounds so they can re-let the property at a higher rent.
    TheHillOfDoom wrote: »
    The landlord claims that the police advised him to evict us as tenants as we were trouble
    A landlord can evict someone for current anti-social behaviour - after they go through the proper procedures. Assuming you have nothing to worry about, let him raise it with the PRTB. You might remind him that the PRTB comes down hard on landlords who try to illegally evict tenants.

    If you feel that you have been in anyway in breach of your contract and/or engaged in anti-social behaviour, tread much more carefully. you might consider talking to www.threshold.ie or similar.


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  • #7
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,077 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Could they have been talking to themself, by any chance?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #8
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,638 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Esel wrote: »
    Could they have been talking to themself, by any chance?


    i have a feeling you are talking to yourself. the user who posted the op has since been banned.


  • #9
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Since the OP is banned, this thread is being closed.


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