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Ellie2758

There was a whole thread on here yesterday about this and now I cant find it. Just wanted to say I emailed them yesterday to ask them to remove my details and I received this reply:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your Email.

We are receiving over 2000 emails daily, so to speed things up we have now made it possible for you to remove your own details using our website.

If you search for yourself, you will see an option on the left- the ‘remove me’ function. Please follow the easy steps and your details will be processed for removal.

By using the ‘remove me’ function you will be required to enter some personal details so we can verify and remove you quicker. However it is still taking up to 30 days for removal.

If you are not happy leaving your personal details on our website you are able to fax requests in on 0911 443 4433 please remember to state your full name, address and postcode as it appears on the website. This is guaranteed to get you removed straight away within a few hours.

Please note that we are unable to take phone requests for removals.

We aim to have you removed within 30 working days via the web, or Within a couple of hours via our fax number 0911 443 4433.

Thank you
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I have emailed back saying I do not want to give out personal information in order to remove my details and neither do I wish to pay out in order to fax them. I restated my wish for them to remove my details. If anyone can point me in the right direction for yesterday's thread I would be very grateful.

aliasojo

I don't know what happened to the thread either.

I found this on the Techie Board.

tomstickland

Why worry about the information being available anyway? Electoral rolls are available elsewhere.

Ellie2758

tomstickland wrote:

Why worry about the information being available anyway? Electoral rolls are available elsewhere.

Electoral rolls are not as freely available as they once were. There has been a clampdown on who is allowed to view your details, due to the data protection act.

Ellie2758

hollydays wrote:

Thanks to ellie for this,but just to remind all,after they say they have taken you off,check that if you put in a neighbours name,you are not still listed-they dont tell you about this.I have justbvhad a look-cant see remove me.

The thing is, I emailed back to ask them to take off my details and my email was returned as undeliverable.:mad:

Ellie2758

aliasojo wrote:

I don't know what happened to the thread either.

I found this on the Techie Board.

Thanks, that was the thread I was looking for. How did it get to the Techie board - I havent been on that one!

aliasojo

Sorry Ellie, don't know. There's no redirect to say it's been moved, so I'm as much in the dark as you I'm afraid.

Browntoa

the thing that surprised me was that I have always witheld my data from the electoral roll that they sell, and I have ben exx-directory for years but I was still on there

I'm not giving these jokers more personal information just to get them to take my details off...

aliasojo

That's the bit that bothers me...having to give them phone numbers before they will delete my info.

Browntoa

I've posted some relevant info about data protection and some steps you can take in this other thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=1942545#post1942545

Debt_Free_Chick

By law, your local authority has to make the full electoral register available for public inspection. You cannot have your details removed from this register. The only way not to appear, is to ignore the registration notice :eek:

The edited version is the one that is available for sale, for any purpose but commonly for direct marketing purposes.

Credit reference agencies are allowed to look at the full register to confirm your name & address. No-one inspecting the full register is allowed to pass on your details.

More information from the Electoral Commission

What we don't know is where b4yousearch are getting their information from. Are they passing on details from the full register? Or are they allowing you a way of "inspecting" it. I suspect this is a minefield of legal difficulties that hasn't yet been tested in the Courts.