Experian launches collections tool

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Experian launches collections tool

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th February 2012 22:03.

Online credit management business Experian has launched what it claims is the “most complete” collections tool on the market. The company launched...

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[PlanB]

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Eeeeek! I followed that link to Experian's new collections tool where it boasts of having 210 million phone numbers taken from credit enquiries updated daily, as well as debtors personal financial movements and other info from "reliable sources"

What's the point of the Data Protection Act one might ask

[Never-In-Doubt]

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They can launch what the feck they please, their bubble is soon to be popped when we start conforming to the EU DPA

[Never-In-Doubt]

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---> Debt Recovery Strategies and Debt Management & Recovery at Experian.com



Do they think that they will win this fight when we're looking at giving people phone numbers and addresses to use? Hmmmm - ok Experian, behind in the times yet again I see

[PlanB]

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They can launch what the feck they please, their bubble is soon to be popped when we start conforming to the EU DPA

Well I like the sound of that whatever it is Do you have a date for this bubble bursting which I can put in my diary?

[Never-In-Doubt]

Re: Experian launches collections tool

Eeeeek! I followed that link to Experian's new collections tool where it boasts of having 210 million phone numbers taken from credit enquiries updated daily, as well as debtors personal financial movements and other info from "reliable sources"

What's the point of the Data Protection Act one might ask

that link is to the US site - its not in UK

[PlanB]

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that link is to the US site - its not in UK

See how easily I scare I suppose 210 million phone numbers should have been a clue since that would be about 4 different ones for every man, woman and child in the entire country

What makes you so sure they're not building up a similar resource over here? And what's that EU thingy you speak of? (please)

[Never-In-Doubt]

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See how easily I scare I suppose 210 million phone numbers should have been a clue since that would be about 4 different ones for every man, woman and child in the entire country

ermmm, 210 million (in the uk?)

What makes you so sure they're not building up a similar resource over here?

Ermmm, 210 million, in the UK?

And what's that EU thingy you speak of? (please)

---> http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documen...ve_summary.pdf

---> Data Protection Directive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[PlanB]

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Brilliant Niddy

According to that it's going to be my Human Right not to have some stuff stored on Experian's files.

[Undercover Elsa]

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Bring it on. The general public mostly have no idea about the sinister underbelly. Mind you, their advertising campaign wouldn't do anything to make me sign up...rich, arrogant **!$ bossing a servant about. How's that attractive? Mehhh!!