Iva listings appearing on Google

[Foggy]

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

Respect for all is one thing, but I for one and I suspect many others too, are not happy about what happened and that Jared or whoever he is has put our names out into the internet. Dont forget the cached stuff still exists, and that he was mean enough to make sure that his site and all our details was right up there at the top of the Google listings.

I fully understand, Grimswold, remember, I am in the same boat. However, please also remember that the host and admin of THIS site are also responsible for it's content.

[longslog101]

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

Longslog, you have been a great source of knowledge, help and support through this, for which I and, I am sure, many others are grateful.

Please do not spoil the apparent success with threats, which are contrary to the forum ethos.

Foggy, give me some credit, it was tongue in cheek. The audacity of the alleged author to even offer a "lol" in their last post made me even more angry though, as if to say, "come on as if i would really scam you".

I'm sure forum ethos also doesn't conduct illegal activity !

In response to where has the data come from that you asked in the post before, that is probably the reasons for a post from the alleged author, trying to avert the repercussions of inappropriate use of company data probably for some private venture to make a few quid which may cost them their job when followed up or worse. {clearly I speculate} I'm not going to let this drop and I hope others don't too. The beauty of screen shots and saving offline versions of sites !

Still no apology on the site....very genuine then !

My anger may subside overnight, I will have a few cold ones now, the Mrs wants to know what I've been doing all day !

[Foggy]

No, the forum doesn't condone illegal activity.

Enjoy the cold ones Longslog.

[abbiesmum2003]

oh thank goodness its gonebut tge fact of the matter is it should never have been put on.

Many thanks to all who have provided links of who to report too. Id have been lost and a complete wreck had it not been for you guys.

As for 'jared' im not thanking you for taking the site down. You deliberately put many of us and our jobs and familys at risk by your stupid and careless act. I hope you are caught/prosecuted, lose your source of income and have to become bankrupt then see how you feel. I'll pass on the Amazon thing too.

[relieved33]

Thanks to everyone with more technical knowledge than me who have apparently helped to close this down so quickly. It made me feel physically sick seeing our names come up so easily with our address. I sincerely hope it's gone for good.

[Susie1]

The cold ones are well deserved Longslog for sure, huge thanks for all your help and expertise with all of this today.
I'd really love to know where the information came from, but for now I just want to forget about this ever having happened. I'm completely and utterly drained but mightily relieved and will finally get a decent nights sleep.

[Susie1]

Nevillebnny I'd like to thank you too and will follow your advice.

[longslog101]

Nevillebunny,

I'm more inclined to think it was some sicko/wannabe pretending to be the website owner for kicks, sadly. I believe it was the fact that everyone reported the sites and used the google links to report non compliant sites, the mass of requests will have been acted upon by google and the hosts, we live in a society of litigation, the path of cheapest resistance is the correct one for corporate organisations where it is all about££££ It's why firms accept IVA's as a preference over BRU

Create site,
Publish site half complete
Get noticed here
Finish site stating not required to comply with data protection act
Finish site stating section how to remove public info
Relevant sections of law not complied with identified
Site owner changes registered contact details to different name and country
Mass protest to internet do an registers and hosting companies and search engine
Threat of legal action
Google reacts to mass reports
Web hosts react to mass reports,
Site shut down by hosts (not author is my guess)
Bing and other sites harder to report inappropriate links

Alleged Author comes on and says they chose to shut it down,
Offers to publish apology
Doesn't share real contact details
No apology on site published
No contact details
Cached links still remain on bing etc
If I was the author I would t have posted on a site where my IP address can be tracked, I only would if it was for misdirection or I wasn't the author, I would be hiding so for below the radar ready for a knock on the door.

Admin of this site now have a post from someone alleging to have broken the law, I hope they as a duty to protect this site pass on the details of those posts to the authorities and indeed the insolvency service to investigate. If the posts were someone pulling a prank pretending to be the author they might be wondering, oops !

The beauty of the internet is everything is recorded appropriately. Which can be bad as this thread demonstrates, but can also be good in bringing those to justice where appropriate.

[Goosed]

All listings on Yahoo and Bing have now gone.

[thisusernameistaken]

I've been busy these last few days and read with horror about what that site had done! Thank you to all those who were instrumental in getting it taken down. It's bad enough that those of us in IVAs are on a public register like some kind of sex offenders; I'm not entirely sure what purpose the list actually serves, save for further humiliation. Organisations who would need to know will be able to see whatever they need to from our credit files.

The IR is particularly unpleasant and I hate that anyone I know could easily find out so much personal information about me.

I work hard to keep my online footprint light (indeed, there are few references to me on any of the major search engines) and even then it's mostly my directorships which come up as these have to be made publicly available for some reason.

[welshwiz]

I read this with horror this morning as haven't been on the site for a couple of days, MANY THANKS to all who helped close this site down, Once again the fact the IVA's are sold with the promise nobody needs to know unless you tell them proves to be wrong.

[longslog101]

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

All listings on Yahoo and Bing have now gone.

Unfortunately not all of them.

[Adam Davies]

Hi

What a worry and busy weekend for many

I had a few past clients contact me with the same concerns

Good to see it appears to be all sorted now

What financial gain could there possibly be for any one in producing such a site ?

Regards

[lifenoteasy]

Ultimately quite a lot - including as the site developing reselling information to debt collection companies etc.

There was also the emphasis on individuals who still ran companies/being directors and knowing their credit history when making decisions about whether to use them or not.

[longslog101]

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

Hi

What a worry and busy weekend for many

I had a few past clients contact me with the same concerns

Good to see it appears to be all sorted now

What financial gain could there possibly be for any one in producing such a site ?

Regards

This may just be a momentary lapse before the site or another similar re-appears. I have contacted the insolvency service and the ICO and would please ask that others do the same. This data came from somewhere either it was collected from somewhere or taken by a person with access to it, or it was accessed in an unauthorised manner. Possible sources, the gazette, the insolvency register, data from credit reference agencies, court records etc etc

All of the above would be bound by the DPA IMHO and as such there should be an investigation to confirm if there has been an unathroised use of the data.

Yes the insolvency register does publish our details but you need to know who you are looking for,month just search similar postcodes, look to see if your neighbour has an IVA/DRO/BRU.

It may even transpire through enough complaints that the IR decide that there is too much risk with this data being on their register for free and unaudited access. Imagine that,if they decided to make the register a pay for service or limit its access !

Therefore the more people who raise an official complaint and the louder we sing collectively the more attention this will get, which will be a good thing.

I have sent my complaints and concerns to:

Investigation and enforcement services of IS
Intelligence.live@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk

Insolvency general enquiry for them to route as appropriate
insolvency.enquiryline@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk


https://ico.org.uk ico new case address explaining can't use their standard form as the company have no genuine contact details.
casework@ico.org.uk

They have all been sent the same letter, including links to this discussion.

I implore everyone to do the same ! So they can a) find out who was responsible and b) prevent it from happening again.

It is easy to dismiss one person, not so hundreds or thousands.
Thanks [8D]