Sky backs down over customer data plan

SKY TV has backed down to threats of legal action from the Irish data watchdog over radical plans to provide personal information of subscribers to other companies.

The Data Protection Commissioner said it had “suspended” legal enforcement against Sky after the broadcasting company withdrew a notice it sent out to its 500,000-plus subscribers in the Republic.

This followed pointed discussions between senior DPC officials and Sky executives after the company sent out a notice to customers early last week.