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Part5: Cloning You And Stealing Your ID
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Thousands of Organisations buy your data. And when the data is roguish and wrong , the real you becomes the "imposter". This may very well explain why you get junk mails or cold calls that never seem relevant!!
In the UK, "www.checkmyfile.com" may help but you will soon find yourself giving away more data about yourself. A rare Catch-22, beware!!
Also, in the UK you can buy your credit report . A full history of your financial status. All that you owe, court judgements, loan records , finance deal, store card and any application in the pipeline. In short, it shows that , so far, no one has attempted to pass themselves off as you!? Amazingly, you could find even other info online.
For example, the credit score for the street you live in, the credit rating of the house of your neighbour. Your holiday destination, your use of online auction sites. But you will also discover the fact that you have not opted of databases that sell info to junk mailers.
Generally speaking the data put together on you , in the UK, is basically the work of three credit Agencies. This goes towards creating a credit rating for you that profiles your suitability as a customer. And this info is used by banks, landlords, employers, to check your credentials. The same system is there in most of the developed world and now being cloned in the developing world.
However, the increased reliance and use of electronic monitoring has for the last many years prompted a worldwide concern.UK's info Commissioner is on record to have warned that Britain risked "sleepwalking" into a surveillance society, 'where people could find themselves being discriminated against on the basis of largely erroneous date!!'
This observation is very very serious. !WOW! will soon launch a global effort to help collate such cases against students! So remember that no matter what you do, you can never remove the data that exists about you!!?
My advise is that all students must read up the "Data Protection Act". And followup on tomorrow's post. Scintillating content is on! Don't miss it!
Goodnight and God Bless!
"The Grapes of The Wrath"
Respectful Dedication To 3 Students
Sarah Mahmood/Pakistan - Arame Kamane Thiam /Senegal - Darlington Shepherd/Ghana
Thousands of Organisations buy your data. And when the data is roguish and wrong , the real you becomes the "imposter". This may very well explain why you get junk mails or cold calls that never seem relevant!!
In the UK, "www.checkmyfile.com" may help but you will soon find yourself giving away more data about yourself. A rare Catch-22, beware!!
Also, in the UK you can buy your credit report . A full history of your financial status. All that you owe, court judgements, loan records , finance deal, store card and any application in the pipeline. In short, it shows that , so far, no one has attempted to pass themselves off as you!? Amazingly, you could find even other info online.
For example, the credit score for the street you live in, the credit rating of the house of your neighbour. Your holiday destination, your use of online auction sites. But you will also discover the fact that you have not opted of databases that sell info to junk mailers.
Generally speaking the data put together on you , in the UK, is basically the work of three credit Agencies. This goes towards creating a credit rating for you that profiles your suitability as a customer. And this info is used by banks, landlords, employers, to check your credentials. The same system is there in most of the developed world and now being cloned in the developing world.
However, the increased reliance and use of electronic monitoring has for the last many years prompted a worldwide concern.UK's info Commissioner is on record to have warned that Britain risked "sleepwalking" into a surveillance society, 'where people could find themselves being discriminated against on the basis of largely erroneous date!!'
This observation is very very serious. !WOW! will soon launch a global effort to help collate such cases against students! So remember that no matter what you do, you can never remove the data that exists about you!!?
My advise is that all students must read up the "Data Protection Act". And followup on tomorrow's post. Scintillating content is on! Don't miss it!
Goodnight and God Bless!
SAM Daily Times-Voice of the Voiceless
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