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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Thanks Stephen, but at this stage no warrent has been issued. However, as it's suspected that a crime has been committed and someone may come to harm, VM have been required to give the police the name and address of the account holder.
Do you know if VM will require a warrant before they disclose any further information, or if they are likely to accept the clause in the GDPR that allows them to disclose information about the relevant customer?
I know that the information needed will eventually be provided, i'm just wondering whether VM will play ball or not.
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Under the 2018 Data protection act.
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Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 2 – Exemptions from the GDPR. Part 1, Section 5 (3):
Information required to be disclosed by law etc or in connection with legal proceedings
(3) The listed GDPR provisions do not apply to personal data where disclosure of the data—
(a) is necessary for the purpose of, or in connection with, legal proceedings (including prospective legal proceedings),
(b) is necessary for the purpose of obtaining legal advice, or
(c) is otherwise necessary for the purposes of establishing, exercising or defending legal rights,
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So they don't need a warrant they can just ask, indeed you don't have to be police. If you can demonstrate you need personnel information held on someone for the reasons above you are within your rights to ask for it.