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Hi,

I have come across this website below which displays all the households addresses and land line numbers in my street, mine is on there as well and I would like to get it removed from the site however I have not been able to find any contact details for the site and wondered if anyone on here as heard of it before? If so where they able to obtain contact details for the site?

http://www.findpeoplefree.co.uk/

Many thanks
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Ye gods! Apparently I'm very pleased with a car sales company that I've never heard of!
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  • halibut2209
    halibut2209 Posts: 4,250 Forumite
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    I've lived in my house for 9 years, and my house details are wrong as are our neighbours
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    I've found the contact details for this car sales site. Since they have my full name, post code and email address listed there - is there anything I can use to back up a request to have this removed?

    I've never heard of this outfit - and looking at their page I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

    <sigh>
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  • Its very concerning that they are allowed to publish peoples details on the internet without consent to do so for everyone to see. I have tried again this evening to find out who owns this site but have not been able to get any details at all.
  • halibut2209
    halibut2209 Posts: 4,250 Forumite
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    Its very concerning that they are allowed to publish peoples details on the internet without consent to do so for everyone to see.

    Why not? If it's from the phone books, then that is public information
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    I'm ex-directory - and my email address wouldn't be in the phone book anyway.

    That aside - the item on the website that findafriend pointed to was a "testimony" that I sure as heck didn't write for the company using it.

    TBH the site did me a favour by pointing out the sales company concerned.
    Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
    Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
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  • Casati
    Casati Posts: 364 Forumite
    Hmmm...it seems quite out of date...just checked my old address & the person it's got listed died about 10 years ago...all the numbers on that street are still 0181
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  • giraffe69
    giraffe69 Posts: 3,616 Forumite
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    Not !nly are all the phone numbers 0181 for my postcode but the owners of our house according to this site actually moved out 17 years ago!
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    It looks as though the "find" site looks for any on-line text which includes a post code and then quotes the relevant bit.

    In my case I've realised that I was caught out by a polo mint!

    Yep! You've read it right - a polo mint.

    A lo-o-ng time ago I found an interesting website and he had a challenge to make him laugh. If you did - you won a giant polo mint. And I did. And it arrived! So... umpteen years later I find my comment on that original site now used as a testimonial on a car site. So it looks like I was caught by an early harvesting thing.
    Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
    Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
    DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
  • Hi,

    Just wondering if anyone managed to get in contact with this site: http://www.findpeoplefree.co.uk/ if so were you able to get them to remove your details from their database?

    Please let me know,

    Thanks
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