Both by my professional understanding and from reading around the subject tonight, I still believe Bournemouth have released PII to a third party with no consent.
ICO definition of personal data (bold emphasis my own):
Personal data means data which relate to a living individual who can be...
Because, it's against the law for a start.
Of course a blind eye has always been turned to this in the past - it's incredibly difficult to police. Then came CarabaoCupGate.
I'm not saying they are, but I think they have a case to answer to.
They are releasing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to a third party (BHAFC) without my consent that allows that third party to identify me and what I did.
I can't recall giving AFC Bournemouth my explicit consent to share my data (if my ticket was scanned upon entrance and when) with a third party (Brighton & Hove Albion FC). Did anyone else?
From their website >>> "We do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide personally identifiable information to...
I've worked in Information Security and I think the host club giving this data to the Albion could be in quite a sticky position.
Curiously, however, those who don't attend are unlikely to be able to take action since, as they didn't attend the host club does not have any entrance scan data on...
I'm happy to put questions to the club for further understanding of the implementation of this.
The obvious ones is the last-minute illness/life emergency that means someone is unable to attend and there is insufficient time to return the ticket to the Albion. What is a fan to do? If they don't...
Of course not.
But any vendor can choose not to sell to anyone at any time for any reason.
(I do, however, think it would be very interesting if someone pursued Bournemouth for releasing this data to the Albion)
Following the abuse by some supporters of Brighton & Hove Albion's loyalty point scheme at the Carabao Cup match with AFC Bournemouth, the following changes to the scheme were agreed at yesterday’s club board meeting:
terms and conditions of the loyalty point scheme will be amended so that...