Jehovah's Witnesses are PAYING MONEY to BUY YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

[Jack Ryan]

Revealed: How much North East councils make from selling your personal information

ChronicleLive (UK), Monday, July 9, 2018

Freedom of Information requests reveal electoral roll transactions for all seven North East councils in the past five years

North East councils have raked in more than £130,000 by flogging your data to credit rating agencies and political parties, it has been revealed.

Jehovah’s Witnesses and individuals running for election are among those willing to pay hundreds of pounds a go to access electoral roll information held by councils.

Local authorities keep a record of registered voters’ names and addresses and are obliged to sell it to outside parties if they are authorised to view it under the law.

According to the Electoral Commission, only Government departments and credit rating agencies can purchase the full register but various groups and individuals can buy limited amounts of information.

The amount local authorities charge is directly linked to the size of the electorate, pushing up the price for big council areas.

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See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_roll#United_Kingdom