DATA Protection ACT

[tripleace]

Do the forum think it is acceptable for a boat dealer to share the confidential information of a boat sale with another party member of the public who says they are interested in buying a similar boat).

It appears a certain "Thames boat dealer" will share the purchase price of past deals with anyone who asks...

Do you think your financial deatils should be public knowledge??

Just sitting here fuming and waiting to talk to the dealers MAN Director and the manufacturer tommorow.

So much for data protection.



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[petem]

Acceptable: Discussing the asking price of previous deals
Unacceptable: Discussing the selling price of previous deals.

 

[gonfishing]

the data protection act only really covers what is held on computer regarding ones financial status on any particular account i.e telephone ,cable t.v water etc oh! and the bank? which should only be accessed by the authorised account holder. (very simplified version )which in this instance i do not think applies, but almost certainly i would think there has a been a breach of client confidentiality, which on it's own is possibly breaking some kind of law. bids i believe are supposed to be confidential it could be that the other bid may be a "ringing exercise to falsely "up" the price of your intended purchase i may be wrong which in a very short time i will find out. i have unfortunately been a victim of this kind of conduct which cost me dearly but was unable to pursue in court as the cost would outweigh the result

 

[Trevor_swfyc]

Simon, thought you were the clever dick ?

I would have thought that the information regarding the sale price was not confidential as this information was equally the property of the seller. If your name address and telephone number had also been given then this would clearly be a breach of confidentiality, unless the small print in the contract said details may be shared with other parties unless the buyer ticks the box and thereby does not give permission for the information to be made available to other interested parties.
I have stopped SWMBO from filling out shopper surveys when I found out that the information which was considerable was available for sale on the internet. The letter with the survey said the information would be kept SAFE with the survey company, like you I was not amused.
Trevor

 

[Divemaster1]

Not sure if you can use the Data Protection Act as an argument, as it refers to personal data, such as Names, Addresses etc.(others have mentioned this earlier in this thread).

If you look at your situation from a slightly different angle, one could potentially argue the point that the dealer is undermining the principles of the "European Competition Law", by sharing price information and therefore in-directly (or directly as it may be) aiding in the "Price Fixing" of a specific product between dealers. This could probably be argued both ways if you are selling or buying.(it could also stand up, in principle, if the "agreed cost" for such an item is lower to the consumer, as it is the principle of price fixing that is illegal).

Alf