Hi Matt - Etrade is simply an online execution-only stockbroker, as far as I
know (one of our competitors!). They don't have any credit referencing
function. However, being a financial services company they are subject to
the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which covers privacy matters. It came into force
on 1 July this year, and among other things requires an annual opt-in of
data subjects (our parlance) for processing of personal data. (Although
"processing" is not as strongly defined as in our own beloved DPA.)
Hope this helps.
Tim
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Director - Technology Audit
Charles Schwab Europe
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Fax: +44 190 852 7593
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephenson,M [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 November 2001 10:09
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: E*Trade
Howdy Folks,
My flatmate (also called Matt incidentally) yesterday got a
letter from a US
company called E*Trade Securities asking him about his
current address. The
letter was sent to our current address and shows that one as
his old address
and his new one (on their records) is a combination of two
addresses he
lived at between 3 and 1 year ago. It asks him to confirm
his address and
write back to an address in Boston, Mass.
Matt and I have no idea who this company are and I wondered
if they were a
US equivalent of Equifax and Experian. If anyone has any
experience of this
company, could you please let me know who they are and what
they do. Matt
is quite happy for them to have his details if they have it
for bona fide
reasons but if they don't, is there any way he can get his
details removed
for their database? Normally on things like this I am quite
happy to spout
chapter and verse on the DPA to Matt but because its a US
company I don't
know where he stands, or even if he has a stand!
Any help is much appreciated
Regards
Matthew
Matthew Stephenson
Records Manager
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Tel: 020 7955 6481
Fax: 020 7852 3646
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