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23/02/2012
No Data Breach In The Sale Of DCC Waste Business
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has announced that the sale of Dublin City Council's waste management business to Greyhound Recycling and Recovery (Greyhound) did not breach the Data Protection Acts.
The investigation focused on: the transfer of customer data from Dublin City Council (DCC) to Greyhound, and the collection of Dublin City Council customer debts by Greyhound.
The ODPC said: "We noted that a notification letter regarding the new service provider was sent to customers of DCC in the first half of January 2012. The notification letter to customers should have taken place at a much earlier stage. By notifying customers of their new service provider simultaneous to the completion of the sale but after the data transfer had occurred, it is not possible for this Office to come to the view that the 'fair processing' requirements of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003 were fully met by DCC in this instance.
"DCC have agreed, in light of this experience, that in the event that any similar situation arises in the future, it will seek to comply with all relevant published Office of the Data Protection Commissioner guidance in relation to such matters in being at that time unless it obtains confirmation from this Office that compliance does not arise in a particular circumstance."
In terms of customer debts the ODPC conculded there was no transfer of personal data from DCC to Greyhound.
(CD)
The investigation focused on: the transfer of customer data from Dublin City Council (DCC) to Greyhound, and the collection of Dublin City Council customer debts by Greyhound.
The ODPC said: "We noted that a notification letter regarding the new service provider was sent to customers of DCC in the first half of January 2012. The notification letter to customers should have taken place at a much earlier stage. By notifying customers of their new service provider simultaneous to the completion of the sale but after the data transfer had occurred, it is not possible for this Office to come to the view that the 'fair processing' requirements of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003 were fully met by DCC in this instance.
"DCC have agreed, in light of this experience, that in the event that any similar situation arises in the future, it will seek to comply with all relevant published Office of the Data Protection Commissioner guidance in relation to such matters in being at that time unless it obtains confirmation from this Office that compliance does not arise in a particular circumstance."
In terms of customer debts the ODPC conculded there was no transfer of personal data from DCC to Greyhound.
(CD)
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