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A used to be a customer of a mail forwarding service in an effort to keep my home address secure. This company after about 5 years of being a customer, went in to voluntary liquidation. They have submitted my full name and forwarding address as a creditor for an amount of about £20. I'm super bewildered that my details could be made public given how many laws there are with protecting peoples personal information. I have a service address, and the company had a billing address I signed up with, but they have not used either.
The liquidating company involved does not answer the phone, I have reached out to the liquidators but still awaiting a response. I have reached out to Companies House, who have basically said there are protections for directors but not creditors and there's nothing I can do about it as a creditor whether the data is accurate or not. I spoke to ICO, who also have said in a nutshell, they'd investigate the data controller, but as they no longer exist, it would be up to me to speak to Companies House about the data to ask them to adjust/remove the data and as they've said no, that there is no alternative route except legally. I have also spoken to Citizen Advice, who also state that if Companies House and ICO both say nothing I can do, that's pretty much the end of the story.
I'm now potentially looking in to moving because I know how easy it will be for anyone to link my mailing address to my real address. I do a lot of work online, and after working in online community management, some of the stuff people attempt to dig up on you is scary. Up until now I've kept very good control on my personal data, but this is the first ever blip.
Is there really nothing that can be done?
A used to be a customer of a mail forwarding service in an effort to keep my home address secure. This company after about 5 years of being a customer, went in to voluntary liquidation. They have submitted my full name and forwarding address as a creditor for an amount of about £20. I'm super bewildered that my details could be made public given how many laws there are with protecting peoples personal information. I have a service address, and the company had a billing address I signed up with, but they have not used either.
The liquidating company involved does not answer the phone, I have reached out to the liquidators but still awaiting a response. I have reached out to Companies House, who have basically said there are protections for directors but not creditors and there's nothing I can do about it as a creditor whether the data is accurate or not. I spoke to ICO, who also have said in a nutshell, they'd investigate the data controller, but as they no longer exist, it would be up to me to speak to Companies House about the data to ask them to adjust/remove the data and as they've said no, that there is no alternative route except legally. I have also spoken to Citizen Advice, who also state that if Companies House and ICO both say nothing I can do, that's pretty much the end of the story.
I'm now potentially looking in to moving because I know how easy it will be for anyone to link my mailing address to my real address. I do a lot of work online, and after working in online community management, some of the stuff people attempt to dig up on you is scary. Up until now I've kept very good control on my personal data, but this is the first ever blip.
Is there really nothing that can be done?
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