RE: Re: OT: Nominet (.uk) to force the publication of net users home addresses

["Nick Broughton" <mail@xxxxxxx>]

Fraid not.

I currently work for a Financial Leasing company who deal with
Partnerships
and Sole Traders as well as the conventional plc's.  We are going to
loose
the facility to check on individuals via the electoral register.  The
chap
who kicked it all off claimed breach of the data protection act,
because
he'd never agreed when he registered to vote that his details could be
used
for credit checking.  The workaround is that the credit agencies
are
grouping together and sharing information on individuals after they've
agreed that their data can be used for credit checking, and of course,
no
loan until you sign the form.

Thought you might be interested.

Nick


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony T [mailto:home@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 May 2002 19:52
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: OT: Nominet (.uk) to force the publication
of
> net users home addresses
>
>
> There was something on the radio the other day about this.
> Credit agencies will (probably) get an exemption from the rule.
> Of course, anyone could set themselves up as a credit agency then
> to access
> to the role!
>
> Tony T
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "PatrickLidstone" <patrickl@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:50 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OT: Nominet (.uk) to force the publication of
net
> users home addresses
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Hetherington"
<mark.egroups@m...> wrote:
>
> > Under existing technology anyone can use a phone book or
electoral
> role to
> > track down anyone whether or not they own a web site and pay them
a
> visit in
> > person or continually call them on the telephone without a
computer
> anywhere
> > in sight. :)
>
> From next year, the availability of the electoral role will be
> controlled, AIUI, as the direct result of some chap taking
claiming
> infringement of privacy in the EU court of human rights. No idea
what
> credit scoring agencies will do!?
>
> Patrick
>
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