Iva listings appearing on Google

[annierose]

A lot of info has been added to the website all of a sudden.

If this website worked the same way as the IR it wouldn't concern me as you would need to check a name for the details to come up. It's the fact that the website has a page for each person which comes up in a google search of a name so people will find it without looking for a bankcruptcy record.

if we contact them using their form and request removal are we confirming that our information is correct?

[winter_blues]

Totally agree. I've sent them an email requesting information be withdrawn - or at least my address.

I'll update everyone if I get reply.

[lifenoteasy]

Run from an ex soviet state, false address to registering site, site developed in germany, visit the site it collects your IP address.

Past a certain point best way forward may be to ignore it.

[longslog101]

I have had a reply back from the hosts of the domain support@namecheap.com and this has been assigned a high priority and I will be contacted shortly.

The more the better, I requested full name and contact details of the hosts so my legal representatives can contact them, that their collation of information is a security risk and supports financial fraud, is inaccurate and out of date and does not comply with the ico regulations, link attached. Also there are no full contact details on their site. In the absence of them providing this info my representatives will be pursuing them as they are complicit in hosting this information.

Will let you know, but the more the better.....

[longslog101]

Also the site tries to access your GEO location on the device you are browsing from just had the pop up on my ipad it couldn't access my get location (as I have that setting off in my privacy preferences !!

[longslog101]

I have been on to the providers/hosts it has been passed to their legal team and now none of the sites links or buttons are working resulting in a site down for maintenance message.... Let's keep watching.

[longslog101]

font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:<hr height="1" noshade>From: Julia L. <abuse@namecheap.com>
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Subject: Bankruptcheck.co.uk
To:


Hello,

Thank you for your email regarding the domain name Bankruptcheck.co.uk. While the domain name does have Namecheap.com as the registrar, we do not have the ability to oversee what data are being transmitted through its site. We do not own the domain name mentioned in your complaint, we are simply the registrar that the registrant purchased the domain name from.

The issue would need to be addressed through the hosting provider to see if their terms of service have been violated, and would need to be addressed through the domain registrant as they should be the individual that would control what particular content is being exchanged. We have no way to police these issues as we do not control the hosting company in this instance. You are welcome to find the contact details of the company that owns the IP address currently assigned to the domain name below: https://whois.domaintools.com/108.162.207.230
and https://whois.domaintools.com/109.123.70.133

While I understand your issue, we are not in a position where we can make determination of validity of your statements. If you believe you are the victim of an internet crime, or if you are aware of an attempted crime, you can file a complaint through Internet Crime Complaint Center at https://complaint.ic3.gov. You also may contact either your lawyer(s) or the local authorities in order get the issue resolved. We will assist them any way we can.

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So I have no contacted the hosting providers in those 2 reverse lookups, one of which is a uk firm and one a US firm.....

Let's follow the bread crumbs....[:D]

[nevillebunny]

Just done a new domain search today and they have changed their registered address from an address in Glasgow to a made up Address on the Virgin Islands.

Keep On Reporting This site, the more the better.

ICO - Data Protection
Insolvency Register
Nominet as domain registered under made up address
Cloudfare who host the website, supporting illegal content.
ASA as advertises bankrupcy check but then lists people in IVA's.

The more agencies and bodies we can report this site and its owner too the better.

[annierose]

I don't really understand the hosting/ registering thing- is the host the company who enable the site to work and be developed , And the registration is who you buy a domain name from?
If this was a legitimate company it wouldn't be this difficult to contact them- how can the IR let the info be reused like this!
I don't want to keep going on the site as I don't want to give them traffic but I hate my details being so public

[nevillebunny]

I have just been reading through the Governments Open Policing for information on their websites.

The owner of bankruptcheck.co.uk is right in the fact that the government is encouraging information to be used.

"You are encouraged to use and re-use the Information that is available under this licence freely and flexibly, with only a few conditions."

However reading further which i doubt the owner of bankruptcheck.co.uk has done. It clearly states an exception to this policy is

"This licence does not cover:
personal data in the Information;
Information that has not been accessed by way of publication or disclosure under information access legislation (including the Freedom of Information Acts for the UK and Scotland) by or with the consent of the Information Provider;"

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc ... version/3/

So as I understand it they are breaking the law by displaying personal data without consent taken off a goverment website?

[lifenoteasy]

There will normally be something linked to other legislative gateways or requirements - the DPA does not override everything.

However, the purpose of the transparency agenda was never linked to personal data - it was spending, anonimised data etc.

[longslog101]

I would love to know how they' were/are getting their data feed, that is the bit that would be of real interest, for example were they tapping into/doing a lookup into the Gazette database for example via their site - which I'm sure would raise a few eyebrows, or are they tapping into credit reference agency data !? (Cue dramatic music).

If the site comes back online its time to do some serious delving into the code of the site ! You never know perhaps the police would also hate info like this as there are all sorts of people around the country who have their names and addresses changed for various reasons with the intention of not being found for their own safety !

[winter_blues]

The personal details are all still on display from just typing in your name!. Although the website is down - the damage is done.

Another website www.companydirectorcheck.com appears to be very similar using data from Companies House.

Long slog, don't know if you can do your searching on this one to see if it's another dodgy site accessing public information.

[lifenoteasy]

Director roles have to be in the public domain.

[longslog101]

font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:<hr height="1" noshade>Originally posted by lifenoteasy

Director roles have to be in the public domain.

Yes, on the companies house website, but they dint have to be on google, again I would juts submit the forget me form for each instance.

https://support.google.com/legal/contac ... arch&hl=en