Firm ‘Sold Workers’ Secret Data’

A company that allegedly sold workers’ personal details, including union activities, to building firms is to be prosecuted by the information watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the Consulting Association, in Droitwich, had committed a serious breach of the Data Protection Act. The ICO said a secret system had been run for over 15 years to enable firms to unlawfully vet job applicants. Unions have called on the government to outlaw blacklisting practices