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Do payplan sell your details?

Since friday I have had lots of phone calls from companies such as Harrington Brooks and others asking me if I want an iva or if I want to be on their dmp system.

do payplan sell my details as all of these companies said they have received my details through an affiliate?
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  • Do you have a contract with them? Might be worth checking in that to see if it makes any mention of the transfer or sale of information.

    After all, there's a hell of a lot of money to be made in selling info. No idea from experience if Payplan do so though.
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    Hard to say, but I suspect it's more likely that one of your creditors has passed your details on.
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  • thanks both. I would suspect its a creditor its just funny how there has been a few different companies phone me.
  • Lenders can find your details via a manner of methods. Do you have any CCJs? They could've searched the register of judgements, electoral roll, phone book, or as fermi said, another creditor may have sold the details on.
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • yes I have a ccj. Wish the gits would leave me alone.
  • My son took out a Payday loan and suddenly Bainst & Ernst were ringing him, along with severeal other Payday companies and various withheld numbers. I actually thought he had contacted Bainst & Ernst so sat him down to point out the merits of debt charities. He looked at me as though I had lost my marbles when I would not believe he had rang them. It was a post on here about a similar situation that finally convinced me:mad:
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    Total debts October 2011 circa GBP 17,700 September 2018 GBP 0 DMP with Payplan
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  • camuk81
    camuk81 Posts: 1,559 Forumite
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    Don't forget councils will sell your details as well unless you opt out!
  • Payplan_company_representative
    Payplan_company_representative Posts: 133 Organisation Representative
    I can confirm that we do not sell clients details onto other companies.

    Gemma
    Official Company Representative
    I am the official company representative of Payplan. MSE has given permission for me to post in response to queries about the company, so that I can help solve issues. You can see my name on the companies with permission to post list. I am not allowed to tout for business at all. If you believe I am please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com This does NOT imply any form of approval of my company or its products by MSE"
  • I think most of those companies will sell your details
  • Mort
    Mort Posts: 552 Forumite
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    I was with Payplan for five and a bit years and never experienced what you have described.
    Proud to have dealt with my debts, became debt free on 03/11/2011. Repaid £54,723.41 LBM May 2006.
    Debt Free Roll Of Honour #504
    Mortgage Free from October 2019
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