Police passing on mobile number to third party?
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I've just had a call from an ambulance chaser about an "accident".
Now the said incident was when some irk tried to steal my car. The number they called me on however is a personal number. The vehicle was fleet, the insurance was fleet and my own work does not have this number, it's personal use only.
The only individuals given the number were the attending officers. I never consented to it being freely distributed, as I say it's not one I give out.
How is this allowed?
Now the said incident was when some irk tried to steal my car. The number they called me on however is a personal number. The vehicle was fleet, the insurance was fleet and my own work does not have this number, it's personal use only.
The only individuals given the number were the attending officers. I never consented to it being freely distributed, as I say it's not one I give out.
How is this allowed?
Centurion07 said:
Did they actually give you any specific details so that you know they were definitely talking to YOU about YOUR crash rather than just phoning random numbers?
They knew my name, address, and mobile number.They said it was in reference to an 'accident involving my car'.
Mk3Spitfire said:
Attending officers wouldn't give your number out.
No, I don't think they would either.But where do the reports go? I'm thinking a greasy administrator or loop hole to be honest. I mean I got letters from "victims of crime" which means someone has my details beyond the actually rozzers themselves...
750turbo said:
Prof Prolapse said:
I've just had a call from an ambulance chaser about an "accident".....
Pure chance possibly, I am sick to the death of them, and have now built up a considerable collection in my Spam b
ds contact 
Prof Prolapse said:
Centurion07 said:
Did they actually give you any specific details so that you know they were definitely talking to YOU about YOUR crash rather than just phoning random numbers?
They knew my name, address, and mobile number.They said it was in reference to an 'accident involving my car'.
Prof Prolapse said:
Centurion07 said:
Did they actually give you any specific details so that you know they were definitely talking to YOU about YOUR crash rather than just phoning random numbers?
They knew my name, address, and mobile number.They said it was in reference to an 'accident involving my car'.
I also get a lot of texts about the PPI compensation I'm due on loans I've never taken out.
I've worked it out. It's not the police. It's the fking accident repair garage.
I had to give them my personal number because the aholes would never pick up the phone and I had to go in person. They were bloody terrible so this is exactly the sort of thing they'd do without my permission.
A relief!
Pointless thread sorry!
king accident repair garage. I had to give them my personal number because the a
holes would never pick up the phone and I had to go in person. They were bloody terrible so this is exactly the sort of thing they'd do without my permission.A relief!
Pointless thread sorry!
I may write rather than call as I think the company is big enough they may listen and I've enough fights to deal with at the moment, but insurance company is unlikely to deal with them again after I advised them not to. They tried to charge for extra week or two on the hire car when they hadn't returned calls about returning the car and hadn't picked up the phone until I was away on holiday. Thankfully I had the logs to prove it.
Also shocking quality painting, the match was piss poor. Fleet don't care so I signed it off as it meets their minimum requirements but I'd never have allowed it on a personal car.
It's a big Ford approved painter in Midlothian as well.
Also shocking quality painting, the match was piss poor. Fleet don't care so I signed it off as it meets their minimum requirements but I'd never have allowed it on a personal car.
It's a big Ford approved painter in Midlothian as well.
I had the same thing this evening.
Did you get the number they were calling from?
I was called from an 01572 prefix.
They knew my name, reg number for my car and had the date slightly wrong, (incorrect month), I told them I hadn't had 'incident' that month in my car, he apologised and hung up.
I was bemused as to how he got my name, number etc etc, yet the only incident in the vehicle was no fault almost 18 months ago
Prof Prolapse said:
I've worked it out. It's not the police. It's the fking accident repair garage.
I had to give them my personal number because the aholes would never pick up the phone and I had to go in person. They were bloody terrible so this is exactly the sort of thing they'd do without my permission.
A relief!
Pointless thread sorry!
Not pointless, no... Just an opportunity to state that the accident repair garage will have got their thirty pieces of silver for handing on your details, and it's not a satisfactory state of affairs king accident repair garage. I had to give them my personal number because the a
holes would never pick up the phone and I had to go in person. They were bloody terrible so this is exactly the sort of thing they'd do without my permission.A relief!
Pointless thread sorry!
.Of course, other parts of the "accident repair chain" sell personal details - but you seem to have drilled it down for once
.
Prof Prolapse said:
No, I don't think they would either.
But where do the reports go? I'm thinking a greasy administrator or loop hole to be honest. I mean I got letters from "victims of crime" which means someone has my details beyond the actually rozzers themselves...
Victim of crime (voc) leaflets are sent out by the officers themselves. It's part of the requirement to be VCOP compliant. The majority of people don't want them, don't read them and just chuck them in the bin, but its all from the police and not a third party.But where do the reports go? I'm thinking a greasy administrator or loop hole to be honest. I mean I got letters from "victims of crime" which means someone has my details beyond the actually rozzers themselves...
This is cold calling. People buy this data from the insurance company, comparison websites etc.
Think about the data your entering, and think about the little box at the bottom with the legal bit about selling your data or being contacted by third parties.
Personal data is more valuable than credit cards nowadays.
Think about the data your entering, and think about the little box at the bottom with the legal bit about selling your data or being contacted by third parties.
Personal data is more valuable than credit cards nowadays.
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