Personal Details On 192.com website

HUMBUG

Hi All
Was shocked to find my personal details (and even guessable age) on this 192.com website. My elderly parents and sister , brother, nephews and nieces also have their address and other details on this website (without their knowledge). Apparently , even if you requested removal from the electoral register so that your personal details cannot be sourced by third parties , they can still use old electoral registers from 2014 backwards. My parents actually had their identity stolen years ago and criminals set up lots of mobile accounts with O2 (just using their name and address and guessed their age correctly too). Took ages to sort that out and I am guessing they got that information from the web via a third party like 192.com.
To get rid of your details from this website , you have to download/print a CO1 form and then sign it!!!!! Why the hell should I sign a form and send it these people (and therefore risk further security issues)? They have made my personal details available on the world-wide web without any signed document permitting them to do so. I am wondering whether they have acted illegally by publishing details like my own on their website? Any ideas?

PlutoinCapricorn

I think there is a loophole somewhere: I always ask for my electoral roll details not to be passed on, but I too was shocked to find myself on 192. They did remove my details when asked, but I check from time to time just in case they come back.

PlutoinCapricorn

This is what 192 told me in 2010:

"Thank you for your email,

The data sources used on our website https://www.192.com are as follows;

* The UK Electoral Roll (2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008, 2009 &
2010)

* The OSIS database (full listing of UK telephone numbers, not including
ex directory)

* Business and Director Reports (provided by Dun&Bradstreet/Web Data)

* Land Registry data ((c) Crown copyright material is reproduced with
the permission of Land Registry.)

All this information is available in the public domain. The nature of
the source and the volume of data dictate how we deal with removals.
Individual's data eg name, home address and telephone number (if not ex
directory) will be given if listed on the UK Electoral Roll, OSIS
database or as a director or listed executive of a company.

Electoral Roll
By law your local authority has to make the electoral register available
for anyone to look at. The register is held at the local electoral
registration office and some public buildings, such as libraries.
Until recently, any company, organisation or person could buy a copy of
the register. The government has now changed the law so that every
individual has some choice about who can buy details of your name and
address. Under the changes there are now two versions of the register:
the full version and the edited version. When you complete your
electoral registration form each October you will be able to choose
whether you want your details included on the edited register.
The full register has the names and addresses of everyone registered to
vote. Anyone can look at it, but copies can only be supplied for certain
purposes, such as elections and law enforcement. Credit reference
agencies are also allowed to use the full register, but only to check
your name and address if you are applying for credit and to help prevent
money laundering. This means that we no longer have access to the
complete electoral roll for use on our products.
We have always offered to remove individual's details from the Electoral
Roll upon completion of a CO1 form. Available at

http://www.192.com/support/downloads/C01.pdf

We have 30 days from the date that we receive the C01 form to remove it
from the 192.com website.

OSIS (telephone numbers)
We are unable to remove telephone numbers as we receive a daily update
direct from OSIS. If we remove the record it will reappear unless the
record is removed at source. To remove a record the individual needs to
contact their telecoms provider and request to go ex directory. To check
to see if your details are on BT, please click on the following link -
https://www.bt.com.

Directors Report
The Directors' and Shareholders' Database contains detailed information
on over 2.3 million companies and 6 million directors and key contacts.
It includes directors' home addresses and dates of birth. It also
includes detailed financial information on companies from turnover to
No. of Employees. Director and company reports can be downloaded online.
Derived from a number of sources, from Companies House to telephone
research, the business database is updated on a monthly basis.

Amendment of your Director Report
Current UK Law used to require directors and secretaries of companies,
members of Limited Liability Partnerships and permanent representatives
of overseas companies with a place of business in Great Britain, to
supply their usual residential address for the public record, however
since 1st October 2009 as a director you are able to protect your
residential address from disclosure.

You are now able to protect your residential address by offering a
service address in its place. For more information about the Companies
Act 2006 please contact
https://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/act

Removal of a Directors Report
If you are at serious risk of violence or intimidation because of the
activites of a company of which you are an officer, then you can apply
under Section 1088 of the Companies Act 2006 for an address that is on
the public record to be made unavailable for public inspection.

Family Records
Births, Marriages and Death records cannot be removed as these are
records are taken from The National Records Office -
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

I hope that this information has helped you understand our removals
process more clearly however if you have any further questions please do
not hesitate to contact the Customer Service Team directly.

Kind Regards

Nadine Burrell
Customer Services"