Well there's a cash machine outside the front of any of the supermarkets that might be participating in the scheme. It's not hard really.
No, I agree, I'm not too concerned about the information they have on me, but I do object to two things:
The information they're holding on me being withheld from me despite the DPA
It being used by other companies to target me with yet more marketing.
I never respond to marketing that is foisted upon me because I object to their methods (of foisting it upon me). It's my only real way of making any difference.
I still think that it totals up to "no difference", you just end up making a rod for your own back by trying to avoid it. Like the couple I saw in Homebase yesterday giving it the "I will never shop here again" bit - the Manager they were talking to simply indicated all the other customers in the store and said "oh well, bye then"
The article also refers to the Credit Scoring companies having connections with this massive DB. It may only be a matter of time before your habit of using cash starts to hurt your credit score. I wouldnt put it past em....
Yes. That's the problem - the individuals are suffering as a result of all this crap, and there is no real way to prevent it without a huge effort, which, as you point out, I'm not prepared to do.
Still, it doesn't stop it from irritating the f*ck out of me.
Up until recently, you were able to opt out of major sources of information on yourself: the telephone directory, the (public) electoral register - but these business-driven ventures don't care for individual's rights any more.
You should have seen the issues I've had resolving a couple of issues and a Notice of Disassociation with the two main Credit Reference Agencies. Still trying to fix the last bits... grrr.
I never respond to marketing that is foisted upon me
Ditto - when will they realise that?
That's why I'm on the mail/telephone preference list.
Having a relationship with my bank doesn't mean I want them to keep sending me offers like "get a loan" - I went paper-free for my statements to reduce the environmental impact, and they are just sending me recycle fodder, which I have to waste my time checking and shreading. I really should invoice them for my time...
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Date: 2005-09-20 11:01 am (UTC)No, I agree, I'm not too concerned about the information they have on me, but I do object to two things:
- The information they're holding on me being withheld from me despite the DPA
- It being used by other companies to target me with yet more marketing.
I never respond to marketing that is foisted upon me because I object to their methods (of foisting it upon me). It's my only real way of making any difference.(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-20 11:09 am (UTC)I still think that it totals up to "no difference", you just end up making a rod for your own back by trying to avoid it. Like the couple I saw in Homebase yesterday giving it the "I will never shop here again" bit - the Manager they were talking to simply indicated all the other customers in the store and said "oh well, bye then"
The article also refers to the Credit Scoring companies having connections with this massive DB. It may only be a matter of time before your habit of using cash starts to hurt your credit score. I wouldnt put it past em....
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Date: 2005-09-20 11:13 am (UTC)Still, it doesn't stop it from irritating the f*ck out of me.
Up until recently, you were able to opt out of major sources of information on yourself: the telephone directory, the (public) electoral register - but these business-driven ventures don't care for individual's rights any more.
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Date: 2005-09-20 11:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-20 11:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-20 11:23 am (UTC)and remember, half of the people you meet are below average.
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Date: 2005-09-20 11:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-20 01:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-20 01:27 pm (UTC)Ditto - when will they realise that?
That's why I'm on the mail/telephone preference list.
Having a relationship with my bank doesn't mean I want them to keep sending me offers like "get a loan" - I went paper-free for my statements to reduce the environmental impact, and they are just sending me recycle fodder, which I have to waste my time checking and shreading. I really should invoice them for my time...