: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:52 pm  

Whats the seriousness of Silverwood's charge?
I mean supplying what details that are already not in the public domain?
FFS what details can he supply about other refs that is so serious that he can get suspended from his full time employment.
Has he done something horrendously wrong or is he getting stitched up ?
Not a great ref but thats immaterial in this context.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:54 pm  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

FFS what details can he supply about other refs that is so serious that he can get suspended from his full time employment.

Any of it. It's not his to give.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:08 am  

vbfg wrote:

Any of it. It's not his to give.

That is not an answer to my query, as to severity of sanction.
If I gave details of a co-worker's private details, I would not expect to be suspended from my job. I would expect a proportionate sanction.
What information did Silverwood pass on and to who?

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:17 am  

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:52 am  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

That is not an answer to my query, as to severity of sanction.

Yes it is. Personal data supplied to employers for their own administrative purposes is subject to the Data Protection Act. It can only be used for those administrative purposes, and can only be kept for as long as is necessary to carry out those tasks. Any breach of that opens the employer to prospective legal action from the people effected, as well as a fine.

If I gave details of a co-worker's private details, I would not expect to be suspended from my job. I would expect a proportionate sanction.

If I had clear proof that it was you I'd fire you on the spot. I'm the employer. That makes me the data steward charged with protecting that data and you, a trusted employee, have for your own personal reasons chosen to expose me to the full force of the law. You've also made yourself a pariah amongst your co-workers and made it impossible for anyone to trust you, least of all me. If your main job was doing something like exercising good judgement then, well.... Get off my property.

Good luck with the wrongful dismissal case.

What information did Silverwood pass on and to who?

Beyond what was reported on The Times blog we don't know. If what has been reported is correct I don't expect to see him again.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:43 am  

vbfg wrote:

Yes it is. Personal data supplied to employers for their own administrative purposes is subject to the Data Protection Act. It can only be used for those administrative purposes, and can only be kept for as long as is necessary to carry out those tasks. Any breach of that opens the employer to prospective legal action from the people effected, as well as a fine.



If I had clear proof that it was you I'd fire you on the spot. I'm the employer. That makes me the data steward charged with protecting that data and you, a trusted employee, have for your own personal reasons chosen to expose me to the full force of the law. You've also made yourself a pariah amongst your co-workers and made it impossible for anyone to trust you, least of all me. If your main job was doing something like exercising good judgement then, well.... Get off my property.

Good luck with the wrongful dismissal case.



Beyond what was reported on The Times blog we don't know. If what has been reported is correct I don't expect to see him again.

Me neither. You really can't mess about with personal data. Its an instant dismissal in a lot of cases.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:16 am  

Are we talking names and addresses here, or DNA samples? Are we going to see a Boys from Brazil scenario?

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:24 am  

af wrote:

Are we talking names and addresses here, or DNA samples? Are we going to see a Boys from Brazil scenario?

How did he get their DNA? My mind is boggling....

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:32 am  

vbfg wrote: Beyond what was reported on The Times blog we don't know. If what has been reported is correct I don't expect to see him again. First run out this season. Northern Rail Cup Barrow Raiders v Keighley Cougars 2pm Ref R Silverwood TJ B Armstrong TJ G Wallace RR A Kirkbride MC C Hodgson http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/page.php?id=183&areaid=54

vbfg wrote: Beyond what was reported on The Times blog we don't know. If what has been reported is correct I don't expect to see him again. First run out this season. Northern Rail Cup Barrow Raiders v Keighley Cougars 2pm Ref R Silverwood TJ B Armstrong TJ G Wallace RR A Kirkbride MC C Hodgson http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/page.php?id=183&areaid=54

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:24 am  

Chaka wrote: First run out this season. Northern Rail Cup Barrow Raiders v Keighley Cougars 2pm Ref R Silverwood TJ B Armstrong TJ G Wallace RR A Kirkbride MC C Hodgson http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/page.php?id=183&areaid=54 That's so not fair... ...inflicting him on Barrow and Keighley. It's not their fault.

Chaka wrote: First run out this season. Northern Rail Cup Barrow Raiders v Keighley Cougars 2pm Ref R Silverwood TJ B Armstrong TJ G Wallace RR A Kirkbride MC C Hodgson http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/page.php?id=183&areaid=54 That's so not fair... ...inflicting him on Barrow and Keighley. It's not their fault.