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PR of the week. Over the last two years the Data Protection Commissioner and the Home Office have instigated research into the availability and use of personal information from electoral registers. Under the new Representation of the People Act, when the next set of forms for the electoral register are sent to every household in the country, there will be an opt-out box to show whether you mind the information being sold on.
One with all voters, which will be available to the authorities for elections and matters like the detection of crime," says David Smith of the Data Protection Agency. This has sent the marketing industry into something of a panic.
John Dobson, managing director of Eurodirect, a firm that sells electoral-register databases, has warned clients to act now if they want to continue to be able to target potential customers. Prudent operators are making alternative plans. In other words, they are already switching to the other databases to collect your personal details. But Simon Davies says that there is hope. All of us - privacy advocates and media professionals - are working to create a fairer society, governed in the more transparent and accountable way.
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Hide this message. Home Citizenship and living in the UK Voting. It's scary what the can find out! You can apply for an anonymous entry on the electoral register if you can show that you might be in danger if your registration is not anonymised; section 9C Representation of the People Act If a known individual is causing you alarm or distress through a repeated course of conduct, you may be able to obtain an injunction against that individual under the Protection from Harassment Act , which also includes criminal sanctions.
Mill Wheel 6, posts months. If you ever deal with Viking Direct, they will sell your details on - it's one way they keep their prices down profits up!
Check out my thread in the finance section about Allow. Its a marketing program that allows you the option of holding all your own details and preventing other comapnies selling them. You also get the option of selling on your details but only if you wish. Its free to sign up and full access is free.
You pick wether you want all your details removed or if you want to sell them on to people. Let me know if it interests you. Timsta 2, posts months.
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