Re: Cold calling

> My T mobile contract expires in another month or so and I have now had
> 2 cold calling calls offering me new contracts.
> How do these get the data?? and does the Data Protection Act have
> something to do with all this?? - ie protect my data??

Not sure, but it'd be interesting to find out - ask who their
nominated Data Controller is !

Other than that, tell them their information is wrong - you're on PAYG
and you've just been made redundant - they'll hang up quicker than you
can !

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:52:10 +0100, Colin Wilson
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>> My T mobile contract expires in another month or so and I have now had
>> 2 cold calling calls offering me new contracts.
>> How do these get the data?? and does the Data Protection Act have
>> something to do with all this?? - ie protect my data??
>
>Not sure, but it'd be interesting to find out - ask who their
>nominated Data Controller is !

Due to data protection they don't actually tell you who they got their
data from in the first place.
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> >Not sure, but it'd be interesting to find out - ask who their
> >nominated Data Controller is !
> Due to data protection they don't actually tell you who they got their
> data from in the first place.

No, but the Data Controller should, if asked !

IIRC there is a legal liability on a company buying the details to
ascertain that they have been acquired legitimately.

Therefore, they should know the origin of the data.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:50:25 +0100, Colin Wilson
<REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.uk> wrote:

>> >Not sure, but it'd be interesting to find out - ask who their
>> >nominated Data Controller is !
>> Due to data protection they don't actually tell you who they got their
>> data from in the first place.
>
>No, but the Data Controller should, if asked !
>
>IIRC there is a legal liability on a company buying the details to
>ascertain that they have been acquired legitimately.
>
>Therefore, they should know the origin of the data.

I remember reading up on the DPA about a decade ago and it sticking in
my mind that you can indeed ask for your info to be removed but the
company you're dealing with does NOT have to tell you where they
obtained your info. However, I can't find the text of the (amended)
act anywhere as a source of this info. Searching for anything
relating to DPA brings up mostly sponsored links and the IC's office
page is less than useless.
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