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Title: Its an effing liberty! Post by: leefer on Friday, July 11, 2008, 20:25:55 Know its friday night and ime looking forward to the weekend,so i dont want to be downbeat but i was really miffed today when i heard on the radio that for the past ten years our local councils have been passing on our addresses and other info onto companys who then bombard us with junk mail and phone calls.Maybe this i could just stomach but then the bombshell....they dont give the info..they SELL it...for millions,as Catherine Tate would say...What a fukin liberty!..if i want people hassling me i can sell my own info ta very much.
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, July 11, 2008, 20:27:34 It's nothing new, the government have been doing it for years. The only solution is to not be on the electoral register.
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: axs on Friday, July 11, 2008, 20:29:39 or to tick the box that says don't pass my information on.
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: Bogus Dave on Friday, July 11, 2008, 20:30:31 or move abroad
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: leefer on Friday, July 11, 2008, 22:43:28 Explain Dave....millions of people abroad still vote so are on the electoral role....oh well spose i can live with it.
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: michael on Friday, July 11, 2008, 23:25:58 The electoral roll is the biggest database going.
Stop voting, and move, and you'll stop getting shit through the letter box! Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: BANGKOK RED on Saturday, July 12, 2008, 04:44:04 According to my Nan I often receive cold calls. She lets them know that I will call them back (Insert smilie as I can't find them)
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: herthab on Saturday, July 12, 2008, 05:06:59 or to tick the box that says don't pass my information on. Seems the simplest choice. Since the Data Protection Act no organisation is allowed to use, or pass on, your personal information unless you agree to it. That includes local councils and The Government....... Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: leefer on Saturday, July 12, 2008, 09:01:06 To be honest,its not that there passing on details..more the fact that they are selling them,have been for years,spending millions of our money printing these books with our addresses in then selling them on...and they do it in a sneaky way,without asking if we would like to review our decision to be om the electoril role or not....theres alot of old and vulnerable people who get in a right state with spam emails telling them theyve won money or holidays,and the spam comes from companies who have got info from our council alot of the time...another question i would like to ask isdo you go onto the electoral role if you dont vote?
Title: Re: Its an effing liberty! Post by: Simon Pieman on Saturday, July 12, 2008, 10:19:31 Contact your (local) government and ask them you wish them not to pass on your details to any third parties.
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