I heard on BBC Radio 4 this moring that an elderly couple froze to death after Brittish Gas cut their gas off, when they did not pay their bill on time, they may have been entitled to help, but Brittish Gas said they could not inform Social Services that they had cut the gas off, as this would infringe the elderly couples privacy rights under the Data Protection Act!
Who thinks up these stupid bullshit rules???
[So it appears that Brittish Gas can cut old peoples gas off, let them freexe to death, and not bother to tell anyone, great system eh?

Also the Double Child Killer Ian Huntley had at least ELEVEN allegations of child rape, underage sex and fiddling with little girs, but he still ended up working in a school, the police could not pass on their concerns about him, because of the Data Protection Act.