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Breach of data protection

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  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    What has the mistress got to say about this?
  • jolester
    jolester Posts: 333 Forumite
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    Bantex wrote: »
    What has the mistress got to say about this?

    I didn't ask for advice on the morality of the situation, i don't believe your question has any relevance to what I have asked.
  • Anyway Vodafone isMt responsible for keeping your secrets.

    You want to be compensated for getting found out?

    naught naughty
  • marliepanda
    marliepanda Posts: 7,186 Forumite
    jolester wrote: »
    why when vodafone have read the notes on myt account saying verbal authorisation only?

    So every time someone sets up an account, and goes through the email verification process's, they should check the notes to make sure people aren't hiding sordid secrets. Seriously?

    Take some responsibility for your actions! You've caused your own distress
  • jolester
    jolester Posts: 333 Forumite
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    No, they should block any online activity which is what they told me they had done. If it was not possible for them to do this then they should have told me, then maybe I may have used a "gobbledegook" password.

    I appear to have saint marliepanda offering their moralistic stance, if anyone has anything else to say relevant to my original query then please feel free to add.

    And BY THE WAY, there is no mistress
  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    jolester wrote: »
    I should have been able to have allowed my partner my email address and password without them being able to set up an online account with vodafone.

    So you trust your partner enough to give them your password, but not to look at your phone bills? Definitely more to this than we are being told.

    If your partner knew your password, then the chances are they would have passed any security questions as well. I'm not sure in this case if it would be a breach of the DPA.

    If what TonyMMM has said above is true, then you should report your partner. Are you willing to do that?

    If your partner has caused you such distress by doing this, then surely this is more likely to ease it than money!
  • could be a male 'mistress'
  • jolester
    jolester Posts: 333 Forumite
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    I have variations of passwords, putting some time and effort into trying various ones allowed access.

    As I am a different gender then perhaps they would have passed the verbal security questions

    Reporting is something that I will now consider but hadn't before
  • This all seems to be your partners fault and yours for having a password that could be guessed. Why are you deciding it's Vodafones? Did you think it's just easy to blame a company simply because they're a company and therefore you think they are an easy target for blame?
  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
    could be a male 'mistress'

    A misterress? ;)
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