Secret Police intelligence passed to E.On
1984 | 20.04.2009 11:09 | Climate Chaos | Repression | Terror War
Government officials handed confidential police intelligence about environmental activists to the energy giant E.ON before a planned peaceful demonstration.
from today's Guardian. (sorry for quoting so much Guardian stuff here, but it's easily accessible.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/20/police-intelligence-e-on-berr
Government officials handed confidential police intelligence about environmental activists to the energy giant E.ON before a planned peaceful demonstration, according to private emails seen by the Guardian.
Correspondence between civil servants and security officials at the company reveals how intelligence was shared about the peaceful direct action group Climate Camp in the run-up to the demonstration at Kingsnorth, the proposed site of a new coal-fired power station in north Kent.
Intelligence passed to the energy firm by officials from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) included detailed information about the movements of protesters and their meetings. E.ON was also given a secret strategy document written by environmental campaigners and information from the Police National Information and Coordination Centre (PNICC), which gathers national and international intelligence for emergency planning.
At first officials at BERR refused to release the emails, despite a request under the Freedom of Information Act from the Liberal Democrats. The decision was reversed on appeal and although large sections have been blacked out, they show:
• BERR officials passed a strategy document belonging to the "environmental protest community" to E.ON, saying: "If you haven't seen this then you will be interested in its contents."
• Government officials forwarded a Metropolitan police intelligence document to E.ON, detailing the movements and whereabouts of climate protesters in the run-up to demonstration.
• E.ON passed its planning strategy for the protest to the department's civil servants, adding: "Contact numbers will follow."
• BERR and E.ON tried to share information about their media strategies before the protest, and civil servants asked the energy company for press contacts for EDF, BP and Kent police.
Last night the disclosures were criticised by environmentalists, MPs and civil liberty groups, adding to the growing controversy over the policing of protests.
The Met commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, last week requested an independent review of his force's tactics, amid mounting evidence of violent behaviour by officers at the G20 protests. Two Met officers have been suspended for alleged brutality, including one who has been questioned on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of the newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson on April.
Denis O'Connor, the chief inspector of constabulary, who will carry out the review, is now expected to look at other demonstrations, including last year's policing of Kingsnorth. Further concern about police tactics emerged last week when 114 environmental campaigners were arrested in a pre-emptive raid.
David Howarth MP, who obtained the emails, said they suggested BERR had attempted to politicise the police, using their intelligence to attempt to disrupt a peaceful protest. "It is as though BERR was treating the police as an extension of E.ON's private security operation," he said. "The question is how did that [police] intelligence get to BERR? Did it come via the Home Office or straight from police? And once they'd got this intelligence, what did they do with it?"
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, said the sharing of police intelligence between BERR and E.ON was a serious abuse of power. "The government is in danger of turning police constables into little more than bouncers and private security guards for big business. Police should be used to protect potential victims but also to facilitate people's right to protest," she said.
Kevin Smith, a spokesman for the Climate Camp, said: "The proposed coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth is a source of both international climate embarrassment to the government and reputational damage to E.ON, so it comes as no surprise that they are colluding to undermine the growing social movement of people in this country who are determined to prevent it from happening ... We demand to know who is responsible for passing on this information and see them held accountable."
One email from E.ON to BERR on 24 July gave details of the company's security strategy. In another, sent on 28 July, BERR forwards intelligence from the PNICC, detailing activists' movements, listing times, dates and numbers involved.
Last night a spokesman for E.ON said it was normal practice for energy companies to confer with "relevant authorities ... when strategically important energy assets such as power stations are being threatened with mass trespass and potentially violent closure".
He said: "We absolutely respect people's right to protest peacefully and lawfully. However, it is clear that there are some groups which very publicly aim to disrupt the safe operation of our sites, in which case our priority will always be for the safety of everyone involved."
A spokeswoman for BERR said: "Policing the climate camp protests was firmly a matter for the local police force concerned. However, given the potential threats to the security of energy supplies posed by the protests, it is only right that the government liaised with the police and the owner of the power station to exchange factual information and discuss contingency plans."
Article Ends.
If you suspect that you are on the Secret Police list, you can use the Data Protection Act to access this information. See link below on how to do this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/jul/19/mpsurgery19
and a 'How to' guide here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/freedomofinformation
you should apply to BERR, the National Public Order Intelligence Unit at New Scotland Yard, the energy company E.On, the Metropolitan Police, Kent Police, and the Home Office, and anyone else you may think holds personal information about you.. In all cases write to the Data Protection Officer of the organisation concerned. You could even try Netcu.
The Data Protection Act covers personal information about you held on file by organisations.
As far as I am aware, the Freedom of Information Act allows access to general information held on file, though I am not up to speed on this.
I know many people who have nothing to hide who will be mentioned in the above files. and we should flood them with Data Protection Act access requests, followed up by complaints and/or requests to correct or delete such information, and of course publish the full extent of the Stasi's spying on uk citizens.
Use these channels now while the spotlight is still on the cops and Stasi.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/20/police-intelligence-e-on-berr Government officials handed confidential police intelligence about environmental activists to the energy giant E.ON before a planned peaceful demonstration, according to private emails seen by the Guardian.
Correspondence between civil servants and security officials at the company reveals how intelligence was shared about the peaceful direct action group Climate Camp in the run-up to the demonstration at Kingsnorth, the proposed site of a new coal-fired power station in north Kent.
Intelligence passed to the energy firm by officials from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) included detailed information about the movements of protesters and their meetings. E.ON was also given a secret strategy document written by environmental campaigners and information from the Police National Information and Coordination Centre (PNICC), which gathers national and international intelligence for emergency planning.
At first officials at BERR refused to release the emails, despite a request under the Freedom of Information Act from the Liberal Democrats. The decision was reversed on appeal and although large sections have been blacked out, they show:
• BERR officials passed a strategy document belonging to the "environmental protest community" to E.ON, saying: "If you haven't seen this then you will be interested in its contents."
• Government officials forwarded a Metropolitan police intelligence document to E.ON, detailing the movements and whereabouts of climate protesters in the run-up to demonstration.
• E.ON passed its planning strategy for the protest to the department's civil servants, adding: "Contact numbers will follow."
• BERR and E.ON tried to share information about their media strategies before the protest, and civil servants asked the energy company for press contacts for EDF, BP and Kent police.
Last night the disclosures were criticised by environmentalists, MPs and civil liberty groups, adding to the growing controversy over the policing of protests.
The Met commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, last week requested an independent review of his force's tactics, amid mounting evidence of violent behaviour by officers at the G20 protests. Two Met officers have been suspended for alleged brutality, including one who has been questioned on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of the newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson on April.
Denis O'Connor, the chief inspector of constabulary, who will carry out the review, is now expected to look at other demonstrations, including last year's policing of Kingsnorth. Further concern about police tactics emerged last week when 114 environmental campaigners were arrested in a pre-emptive raid.
David Howarth MP, who obtained the emails, said they suggested BERR had attempted to politicise the police, using their intelligence to attempt to disrupt a peaceful protest. "It is as though BERR was treating the police as an extension of E.ON's private security operation," he said. "The question is how did that [police] intelligence get to BERR? Did it come via the Home Office or straight from police? And once they'd got this intelligence, what did they do with it?"
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, said the sharing of police intelligence between BERR and E.ON was a serious abuse of power. "The government is in danger of turning police constables into little more than bouncers and private security guards for big business. Police should be used to protect potential victims but also to facilitate people's right to protest," she said.
Kevin Smith, a spokesman for the Climate Camp, said: "The proposed coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth is a source of both international climate embarrassment to the government and reputational damage to E.ON, so it comes as no surprise that they are colluding to undermine the growing social movement of people in this country who are determined to prevent it from happening ... We demand to know who is responsible for passing on this information and see them held accountable."
One email from E.ON to BERR on 24 July gave details of the company's security strategy. In another, sent on 28 July, BERR forwards intelligence from the PNICC, detailing activists' movements, listing times, dates and numbers involved.
Last night a spokesman for E.ON said it was normal practice for energy companies to confer with "relevant authorities ... when strategically important energy assets such as power stations are being threatened with mass trespass and potentially violent closure".
He said: "We absolutely respect people's right to protest peacefully and lawfully. However, it is clear that there are some groups which very publicly aim to disrupt the safe operation of our sites, in which case our priority will always be for the safety of everyone involved."
A spokeswoman for BERR said: "Policing the climate camp protests was firmly a matter for the local police force concerned. However, given the potential threats to the security of energy supplies posed by the protests, it is only right that the government liaised with the police and the owner of the power station to exchange factual information and discuss contingency plans."
Article Ends.
If you suspect that you are on the Secret Police list, you can use the Data Protection Act to access this information. See link below on how to do this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/jul/19/mpsurgery19 and a 'How to' guide here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/freedomofinformation you should apply to BERR, the National Public Order Intelligence Unit at New Scotland Yard, the energy company E.On, the Metropolitan Police, Kent Police, and the Home Office, and anyone else you may think holds personal information about you.. In all cases write to the Data Protection Officer of the organisation concerned. You could even try Netcu.
The Data Protection Act covers personal information about you held on file by organisations.
As far as I am aware, the Freedom of Information Act allows access to general information held on file, though I am not up to speed on this.
I know many people who have nothing to hide who will be mentioned in the above files. and we should flood them with Data Protection Act access requests, followed up by complaints and/or requests to correct or delete such information, and of course publish the full extent of the Stasi's spying on uk citizens.
Use these channels now while the spotlight is still on the cops and Stasi.
1984
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Scope of Some (not all) E.ON DPA Registrations.
20.04.2009 12:01
members of the public (which effectively removes the restriction on who E.ON intends to monitor).
members of political or trade groups (which might be illegal on other grounds)
members of protest groups (again it might be illegal on other grounds)
Have a read of this:
If E.On have personal information then did they do the following
1) Collect it in a fair manner
2) Collect it for a specific purpose stated in their registration
3) with proper security
4) adequate to achieve the purpose stated in 2) and in their registration
5) not excessive
6) accurate and up to date
7) retained only for as long as is necessary to achieve 4
Registration Number: Z1241919
Date Registered: 03 March 2008 Registration Expires: 02 March 2010
Data Controller: E.ON ENGINEERING LIMITED
Address:
WESTWOOD WAY
WESTWOOD BUSINESS PARK
COVENTRY
CV4 8LG
Registration Number: Z1489991
Date Registered: 01 October 2008 Registration Expires: 30 September 2009
Data Controller: E.ON ENERGY TRADING UK STAFF COMPANY LIMITED
Address:
WESTWOOD WAY
WESTWOOD BUSINESS PARK
COVENTRY
CV4 8LG
Registration Number: Z9543186
Date Registered: 19 July 2006 Registration Expires: 18 July 2009
Data Controller: E.ON IS UK LIMITED
Address:
WESTWOOD WAY
WESTWOOD BUSINESS PARK
COVENTRY
CV4 8LG
Registration Number: Z9066388
Date Registered: 23 May 2005 Registration Expires: 22 May 2009
Data Controller: E.ON RUHRGAS UK CAISTER LIMITED
Address:
7TH FLOOR DAVIS HOUSE
129 WILTON ROAD
LONDON
SW1V 1JZ
Registration Number: Z9066448
Date Registered: 23 May 2005 Registration Expires: 22 May 2009
Data Controller: E.ON RUHRGAS UK ENERGY TRADING LIMITED
Address:
7TH FLOOR DAVIS HOUSE
129 WILTON ROAD
LONDON
SW1V 1JZ
Registration Number: Z9072595
Date Registered: 23 May 2005 Registration Expires: 22 May 2009
Data Controller: E.ON RUHRGAS UK EU LIMITED
Address:
7TH FLOOR DAVIS HOUSE
129 WILTON ROAD
LONDON
SW1V 1JZ
Registration Number: Z942470X
Date Registered: 29 March 2006 Registration Expires: 28 March 2010
Registration Number: Z7195655
Date Registered: 07 February 2003 Registration Expires: 06 February 2010
Data Controller: E.ON RUHRGAS UK EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION LIMITED
Address:
7TH FLOOR DAVIS HOUSE
129 WILTON ROAD
LONDON
SW1V 1JZ
Data Controller: E.ON UK ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
Address:
WESTWOOD WAY
WESTWOOD BUSINESS PARK
COVENTRY
WEST MIDLANDS
CV4 8LG
Registration Number: Z8626297
Date Registered: 02 June 2004 Registration Expires: 01 June 2009
Data Controller: TRUSTEES OF THE E.ON UK GROUP OF ESPS
Address:
E.ON UK PLC
WESTWOOD WAY
WESTWOOD BUSINESS PARK
COVENTRY
CV4 8LG
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This register entry describes, in very general terms, the personal data being processed by:
E.ON ENERGY TRADING UK STAFF COMPANY LIMITED
This register entry contains personal data held for 8 purpose(s)
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Purpose 1
Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations
Purpose Description:
Advertising or marketing the business of the data controller, activity, goods or services and promoting public relations in connection with that business or activity, or those goods or services.
Data subjects are:
Staff including volunteers, agents, temporary and casual workers
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Members or supporters
Complainants, correspondents and enquirers
Relatives, guardians and associates of the data subject
Advisers, consultants and other professional experts
Students and pupils
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Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Education and Training Details
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Political Opinions
Trade Union Membership
Offences (Including Alleged Offences)
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Relatives, guardians or other persons associated with the data subject
Education, training establishments and examining bodies
Business associates and other professional advisers
Employees and agents of the data controller
Other companies in the same group as the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Financial organisations and advisers
Survey and research organisations
Traders in personal data
Trade, employer associations and professional bodies
Local Government
Central Government
Ombudsmen and regulatory authorities
The media
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Purpose 2
Accounts & Records
Purpose Description:
Keeping accounts related to any business or other activity carried on by the data controller, or deciding whether to accept any person as a customer or supplier, or keeping records of purchases, sales or other transactions for the purpose of ensuring that the requisite payments and deliveries are made or services provided by him or to him in respect of those transactions, or for the purpose of making financial or management forecasts to assist him in the conduct of any such business or activity
Data subjects are:
Staff including volunteers, agents, temporary and casual workers
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Complainants, correspondents and enquirers
Relatives, guardians and associates of the data subject
Advisers, consultants and other professional experts
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Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Education and Training Details
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Offences (Including Alleged Offences)
Criminal Proceedings, Outcomes And Sentences.
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Relatives, guardians or other persons associated with the data subject
Business associates and other professional advisers
Employees and agents of the data controller
Other companies in the same group as the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Financial organisations and advisers
Credit reference agencies
Debt collection and tracing agencies
Police forces
Private investigators
Local Government
Central Government
Ombudsmen and regulatory authorities
The media
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Trading / Sharing in Personal Information
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The sale, hire or exchange of personal information.
Data subjects are:
Staff including volunteers, agents, temporary and casual workers
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Offenders and suspected offenders
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Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Offences (Including Alleged Offences)
Criminal Proceedings, Outcomes And Sentences.
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Relatives, guardians or other persons associated with the data subject
Current, past or prospective employers of the data subject
Business associates and other professional advisers
Employees and agents of the data controller
Other companies in the same group as the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Credit reference agencies
Debt collection and tracing agencies
Traders in personal data
Police forces
Private investigators
Local Government
Central Government
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Crime Prevention and Prosecution of Offenders
Purpose Description:
Crime prevention and detection and the apprehension and prosecution of offenders.
Data Controllers further description of Purpose:
INCLUDES USE OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION FOR THE MONITORING AND COLLECTION
OF SOUND AND/OR VISUAL IMAGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING THE SECURITY
OF PREMISES, FOR PREVENTING CRIME AND INVESTIGATING CRIME.
Data subjects are:
Staff including volunteers, agents, temporary and casual workers
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Offenders and suspected offenders
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
THOSE INSIDE, ENTERING OR IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE AREA UNDER SURVEILLAN
Data classes are:
Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Offences (Including Alleged Offences)
Criminal Proceedings, Outcomes And Sentences.
SOUND AND/OR VISUAL IMAGES
PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOUR
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Business associates and other professional advisers
Employees and agents of the data controller
Other companies in the same group as the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Credit reference agencies
Debt collection and tracing agencies
Police forces
Private investigators
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Research
Purpose Description:
Research in any field, including market, health, lifestyle, scientific or technical research.
Data subjects are:
Staff including volunteers, agents, temporary and casual workers
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Relatives, guardians and associates of the data subject
Data classes are:
Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Education and Training Details
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Trade Union Membership
Offences (Including Alleged Offences)
Criminal Proceedings, Outcomes And Sentences.
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Business associates and other professional advisers
Employees and agents of the data controller
Other companies in the same group as the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Financial organisations and advisers
Credit reference agencies
Debt collection and tracing agencies
Survey and research organisations
Traders in personal data
Private investigators
Local Government
Central Government
Ombudsmen and regulatory authorities
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Purpose 6
Debt Administration and Factoring
Purpose Description:
The tracing of consumer and commercial debtors and the collection on behalf of creditors. The purchasing of trade debts, including rentals and instalment credit payments, from business.
Data subjects are:
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Relatives, guardians and associates of the data subject
Data classes are:
Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Offences (Including Alleged Offences)
Criminal Proceedings, Outcomes And Sentences.
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Business associates and other professional advisers
Employees and agents of the data controller
Other companies in the same group as the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Financial organisations and advisers
Credit reference agencies
Debt collection and tracing agencies
Survey and research organisations
Traders in personal data
Police forces
Private investigators
Local Government
Central Government
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Purpose 7
Consultancy and Advisory Services
Purpose Description:
Giving advice or rendering professional services.The provision of services of an advisory, consultancy or intermediary nature.
Data subjects are:
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Data classes are:
Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Education and Training Details
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Employees and agents of the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Survey and research organisations
Local Government
Voluntary and charitable organisations
The media
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
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Purpose 8
Information and Databank Administration
Purpose Description:
Maintenance of information or databanks as a reference tool or general resource.This includes catalogues, lists, directories and bibliographic data. bases.
Data subjects are:
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Data classes are:
Personal Details
Family, Lifestyle and Social Circumstances
Education and Training Details
Employment Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Employees and agents of the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Survey and research organisations
Traders in personal data
Private investigators
Local Government
Voluntary and charitable organisations
Data processors
Transfers:
Worldwide
Bureaucrat
EDO Brighton
20.04.2009 13:30
there was a film depicting the police and EDO in coercion that the police tried to ban called on the verge that can be obtained for free via a bit torrent download on the schnews web site just click on the link and look at the top of the URL. there are 3 links.
help for first time torrent users can be found here:
Order 'On The Verge' on DVD:
Download free as a Bit Torrent:
Shops in UK and Ireland stocking the DVD:
FTA (from the above link): In 2004 a group of Brighton peace campaigners began to bang pot and pans outside their local arms manufacturers EDO MBM in disgust of their part in the Iraq war. This has grown into the Smash EDO campaign, which has cost the company millions, been the subject olarge scale police operations and has tested the right to protest in the UK.
Using activist, police and CCTV footage plus interviews with those involved in the campaign, On The Verge tells the story of one of the most persistent and imaginative campaigns to emerge out of the UK's anti-war movement and direct action scene.
The film is already being screened on the Smash EDO Tour which has begun, and dvds will be available to buy in April - with proceeds going to Smash EDO.
Police Repression
Police have attempted to stop On The Verge being screened around the country. The premiere screening at the Duke Of Yorks Cinema in Brighton in March was pulled at the last minute after police invention, and several venues due to host the tour and film have been subjected to police threats - for more see SchNEWS 625, 630.Read 'A misguided piece of official hysteria', the Guardian article published March 27th about police repression against On The Verge click here
police state
HLS, Darley Oaks, etc
20.04.2009 22:52
A list of 50 names which could only have come from the security services came out. And we see time and time again shacwatch put up stuff which could only have come from police, more notably FIT sources including the private addresses of activists who have never broken the law.
It is brilliant that at last this practice of police acting as private security for corporations is being questioned but I remain cynical.
Lynn Sawyer
Not sure about this
21.04.2009 01:44
Stroppyoldgit
Corruption.
21.04.2009 09:03
The other possibility is that the cops were paid bungs for the information. Either way, they are corrupt.
Jolly Roger
Totally agree stroppy
21.04.2009 10:07
Lynn Sawyer
e-mail:
l.sawyer08@btinternet.com
The Data Protection Act is a bit more sophisticated than that
22.04.2009 13:58
When you make your request, inform the Data Holder that you are making the request through an authorised proxy. Inform the Data Holder that there you do not consent to the collection of your personal information by them for any of their stated DPA reasons and that you have not been made aware of any fair obtaining clause that would enable them to retain any data given in your DPA request.
You might also request the Full Information Sharing Policy and Process from the Data Holder. This should give the reasons for sharing your data, the people or organisations that the Data Holder intends to share information with and the safeguards in place.
You can request that any organisation ceases sharing information about you when it will cause you unjustifiable damage and distress. Where information is inaccurate or out of date the Data Holder might cause unjustifiable distress by presenting that information as being accurate and up to date. This might also cause damage to your reputation or opportunities to exercise rights under the human rights acts.
In the absence of a fully completed Privacy Impact Assessment, no private company can be absolutely sure that they are not breaching any of the laws around privacy. While they have a perfect right to carry on their business without suffering, for example, aggravated trespass, that right cannot be exercised unreasonably at the expense of fundamental human rights. Simply trawling up information about protestors against the contingency of some hypothetical future protest really does not justify retention of data. While the information passed from the Police to E.ON might be justified (given subsequent cour case outcomes) the retention of that data after prosecutions would not be. It would be innaccurate and out of date and potentially reputation damaging and distressing.
Constance Miner