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Keeping your anonymity

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Hello,
I occasionally enter competitions but always like to hide my identity for fear of unwanted publicity. Would using a pseudonym cause me a problem should I win big, for example, proving who I actually am as opposed to the name I used for the competition?
All advice from experienced compers welcome. Thank you.
I occasionally enter competitions but always like to hide my identity for fear of unwanted publicity. Would using a pseudonym cause me a problem should I win big, for example, proving who I actually am as opposed to the name I used for the competition?
All advice from experienced compers welcome. Thank you.
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It might be possible to use your middle name instead of your first name, eg. John Paul Stapler should be OK entering as Paul Stapler - but this is as far as I would advise you go.
Claims are only valid if the winner's name and address are on the electoral roll. It is the winner's responsibility to ensure their contact details on the site are correct and up-to-date.
I've had to show photo ID in person before to claim a prize.
I've been asked to show ID to prove I was over 18 once when the prize was alcohol.
GDPR protects you even if you give permission for publicity at the time of entry you can withdraw it anytime.
Unless you agree otherwise the only time promoters should use your details without consent are to provide winner details to the ASA if they ask to prove a winner was selected appropriately.
Nearly all free to enter competitions have prizes worth under £1k, most well under that and there is almost nothing worth say £500k upwards where publicity might be of interest to anyone else