Council denies privacy breach
GLASGOW City Council has denied the deputy leader breached data protection during a social media row.
David McDonald was accused of intervening in a decision regarding introducing a fan zone at Ibrox.
Mr McDonald had used Twitter on Saturday evening to try to shed some light on his position regarding the situation.
But he was criticised for sharing screen grabs of emails from Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson and also from Glasgow Life.
But a spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “We are satisfied that there has been no data breach.”
The commonly-used confidentiality notice underneath one of the emails reads: “The information contained in this email is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and may be legally privileged.”
Unimpressed Twitter users were quick to blast the politician for his carelessness.
One said: “I genuinely can’t believe you have posted the managing director of Rangers contact details on Twitter.”
“The email from the Rangers MD is also marked as confidential yet you have seen fit to post it on Twitter?”
As reported by the Evening Times last week, Mr McDonald denied intervening to prevent a Rangers fan zone from going ahead.
He issued a statement after heavy criticism of Glasgow Life’s decision to stop the club using the Ibrox Football Centre for a fan zone pilot before a match on August 12.