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Do comp promoters REAALY need your DoB, address, inside leg measurement?

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  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    snakepilsen wrote: »
    Shame you can't remember the site, they should be congratulated for accepting people who don't identify with one of the two historically accepted genders.

    I'll try to find it...
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  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    It is the Global Cool website. Here is a link to one of their comps...http://www.globalcool.org/win/win-the-bourne-quadrilogy-on-dvd
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  • Melli
    Melli Posts: 4,602 Forumite
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    Real People Magazine has a gender selection drop-down box featuring a choice of U, F or M
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    Melli wrote: »
    Real People Magazine has a gender selection drop-down box featuring a choice of U, F or M

    Doh What does 'U' stand for? :eek:
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  • snakepilsen
    snakepilsen Posts: 2,757 Forumite
    BlueBella wrote: »
    It is the Global Cool website. Here is a link to one of their comps...http://www.globalcool.org/win/win-the-bourne-quadrilogy-on-dvd
    Melli wrote: »
    Real People Magazine has a gender selection drop-down box featuring a choice of U, F or M





    Good to see
  • gozaimasu
    gozaimasu Posts: 860 Forumite
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    Does anyone think that the Data Protection Act might be relevant in all of this?

    The company have to abide by those rules, such as only collecting data that is necessary and that is only used for the purpose that it should be, i.e. entering the competition. Data has to be processed fairly too, and it seems like we all agree that it's unfair that women have to provide a marital status.

    I don't agree that it is necessary to collect that information for the purposes of entering a competition.

    Sadly, companies will make it part of the terms and conditions of the promotion that your entry won't count unless you fill out the unnecessary info.

    It's not good to hear them say that they are collecting this info for marketing purposes, because the purpose they should be collecting your data for, is to administer the competition!
  • Melli
    Melli Posts: 4,602 Forumite
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    BlueBella wrote: »
    Doh What does 'U' stand for? :eek:

    I believe it's Unspecified
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    Melli wrote: »
    I believe it's Unspecified

    Thanks - my mind was boggling! :rotfl: Even googled but got lots of naughty links :eek::eek::eek:
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  • gizmobenny
    gizmobenny Posts: 1,490 Forumite
    Couldn't resist it last week.. I just had an uncontrollable urge to select "Other" in that gender selection ;)
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    Melli wrote: »
    I believe it's Unspecified

    Could even mean 'undecided' like when you are thinking about a change? :rotfl:
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
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