The data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is sending around 1,200 further letters to individuals who the ICO believes may have been on the construction industry blacklist.
David Smith, Deputy Commissioner and Director of Data Protection at the ICO, said: “In total, we’ve now taken over 4,000 calls from individuals wanting to know if their name was included on the blacklist, using the fast-track process we established from day one. We have also received over 1,200 written requests, from which 467 individuals have been provided with copies of their information.”
As background, the ICO seized information from a company called The Consulting Association. Some of the information we seized amounted to a ‘blacklist’ of individuals who were considered to pose a risk to their employers if employed within the construction industry. Visit – http://www.ico.org.uk/
