Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:28 pm
My concern is with identity fraud. With all the problems at the Inland Revenue of late with all child support details going missing, name address and date of birth, I think about this register and the fact that all this information is on a public register
It is just open to abuse. Something needs to be done about it to protect us from future use of our details, when we get a clean record for example the details obtained from this insolvency register could be used to commit identity fraud, maybe not now as I doubt any creditor would touch me but all this information could be a ticking time bomb in 6 years time!
I am not even sure why our date of births is needed to be recorded on such a public internet register anyway, surely this is in violation of the data protection act, as the information is most certainly not secured.
It is just open to abuse. Something needs to be done about it to protect us from future use of our details, when we get a clean record for example the details obtained from this insolvency register could be used to commit identity fraud, maybe not now as I doubt any creditor would touch me but all this information could be a ticking time bomb in 6 years time!
I am not even sure why our date of births is needed to be recorded on such a public internet register anyway, surely this is in violation of the data protection act, as the information is most certainly not secured.