[reposted from my LinkedIn account]
You’d have thought most football fans would be keen to prove they’d not attended a Leeds United match [#bantz], but when Melvyn Flower was told by the club he couldn’t renew his season ticket for next season, because he’d not used his current one often enough, he resorted to data protection law to vindicate his support for the club.
The information disclosed to him showed that he attended matches on all the occasions the club had said he hadn’t.
I don’t quite understand how the club searched for and disclosed his personal data, without (when doing so) realising its mistake (maybe he asked for footage from a specific camera near his reserved seat). But in any case, it’s a nice little story, and topped off with an excellent point from Mr Flower:
Why would I buy a season ticket and not go this season, of all seasons, given the **** I’ve sat through since 1978?
informationrightsandwrongs 
Great story
Looks like Leeds United run a close second to HMRC when it comes to finding SAR information!
Janice