You know the thing I find substantially more offensive that junk emails is
junk doorknockers! I don't mean the Kleeneze or Betterware catalogue dupes
who think they can make a living selling me household items I don't want. I
mean the organised teams of "We're better than they are, buy your gas and
electricity from us" brigade. I don't begrudge the kiddiewinks employment
but I do hate being lied to.
"We aren't here to sell you anything." Strike a chord?
But that isn't my beef. Bad salesmanship is bad salesmanship. That can be
amusing to deal with.
My beef is that these people have my NAME.
I am diligent in not allowing my details to be used without my express
consent, and I stay off the marketing side of the electoral roll and have
done since I was able to. Yet I have been asked now by both Southern
Electric and by NPower "Are you Mr Trent?" So where did they get it?
Southern Electric say that, as they are the infrastructure supplier, my
current vendor has given it to them. My vendor denies this. Npower are
investigating where they got my data from. Each has taken me off their list
for marketing, including doorknocking. That part is professional. But
where did they get it from? Because, as data controllers, they have
definitely NOT notified me at the first opportunity that they hold my data,
nor the purposes for which they hold it. Nor has the data controller who
supplied the record notified me that he would be passing it to third
parties, and especially not without my consent.
I would love some light to be shed on this.
I shall also be very interested to get more doorknockers from either
organisation. Dammit I was watching the Simpsons, and had a half decent
G&T! It got warm.
My sole consolation is the my outside light has a 100 watt bulb in it.
Dazzled this evening's kiddies almost painfully. OK, watching a baby
salesman squirm is cruel, but dammit........
DO we have any utility privacy officers on the list?
Tim Trent - Consultant
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