Anonymised respondent (a company)
No breach of the dpa is thus found committed. DPO, 24 February 2020.
The facts
Three staff members alleged that their employer published an investigation report, compiled from information staff had given to a law chambers during an internal investigation, onto a public mailing list without their consent and despite a written objection sent to the chairman through the chief executive. The office found the report sufficiently anonymised the data subjects, that no adverse action was taken against the complainants after publication, and that the employer acted under a legal obligation and legitimate interests in publishing it. The complaint was withdrawn.
Orders and outcome
The Data Protection Commissioner found no breach of the Data Protection Act committed.
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Same respondent
- December 2015 · formal notice (mise en demeure)
- 18 August 2022 · enquiry has not disclosed the commission of an offence under the DPA and is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA)
- 26 December 2024 · enquiry was closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 42 of the Data Protection Act
- 5 April 2023 · enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act (DPA)
- 6 April 2023 · enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA)
- 21 June 2022 · enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA)
- 25 February 2020 · no breach of the DPA has been established and the enquiry is thus closed
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