Selling personal details?

jimmypo

Hi, I know this is probably in the wrong thread but saying as it has more to do with the net than anything else ive put it here.
Recently in the Sun newspaper there was an article about removing your personal details from mailing lists and selling them on yourself. There was a company mentioned (which i cant remember the name of) that helped do this, apparently helping people earn money for themselves rather than supermarkets etc benefiting from selling your info. has anyone actually done this yet or is it all talk? if so how did you go about it.

thanks

james

jamespir

i think it got to be a scam and why would you want to sell your details on plus you may as well just stick a large sign outside your front door with all your details on

jimmypo

Surely the sun must've done some research into this though ( I know that may be a bold statement to make), but it kind of makes sense to do it yourself as larger companies are making money out of it with the only consent being that you've signed up to a loyalty card or applied to a mailing list.

John_Gray

How much do you think your details are worth? How much is out there already (e.g. look yourself up on 192.com, and search on Google)? What information do you want to sell: your bank account or credit card details? What you look at on the net? And so on...

jimmypo

I doubt they're worth that much due as the likes of tesco have got the sheer numbers behind them to make money from it.
obviously bank and credit card details are out, I'm just curious to see if anyone has actually done this and what it can achieve.

crazyguy

Your Name and phone number only sells for approx £0.05
Your name number address sells for approx £0.10 - £0.15
Your name address full details on your work and so on sells for approx £0.25 - £0.50 dependent on who purchases it

Unless its purchased in India then you get the whole of the UK's personal Data for £10.00

JasX

crazyguy wrote: »

Your Name and phone number only sells for approx £0.05
Your name number address sells for approx £0.10 - £0.15
Your name address full details on your work and so on sells for approx £0.25 - £0.50 dependent on who purchases it

...in total almost enough for a tin of Tesco value beans? :P

S0litaire

Not exactly "selling" your details but the sun was hacked a few weeks ago and it's details of everyone who's entered an "Online Sun comp" was taken, as well as the Miss Scotland Entries.

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/08/03/247503/UK-companies-must-heed-Sun-hack-warning-say-security.htm

If you've ever entered a Sun comp online, expect an email from the sun in the next few days informing you...

jimmypo

JasX wrote: »

...in total almost enough for a tin of Tesco value beans? :P

Still better than no beans at all!

John_Gray

jimmypo wrote: »

Still better than no beans at all!

Perhaps arguable. If you end up with acres of :spam:, unwanted phone calls, rubbish advertising put through the letter box, then you might regret selling your soul to the devil!

david39

I doubt your details are worth anything at all - organisations that are interested in scamming you have probably already got them!