Short of Barnstaple Cross, Crediton, Devon, pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining personal data under section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998 when he appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 21 May.
He was fined £355 and was ordered to pay costs of £700 as well as a victim surcharge of £35
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using old data to launch own business,
it would be vilolation of privacy law.