Name and Shame Insolvency abusers

[MelanieGiles]

I would not even consider doing this Admin, as the information is never updated and I feel you would get a lot of unhappy customers and a lot of adverse PR.

As Ian says we have no requirement to update the register, a lot of the information is incorrect in any case due to poor data entry at the Insolvency Service, and I feel that as champions of the misuse of the register you open yourself open to criticism. It is widely known which firms are regular users of the register, and I feel that more effort ought to be made to lobby the Minister to get this removed from full public view.

[TheMatrix]

Even more reasons to get the register scraped. It falls foul of a number of legal obligations on the part of the data controllers under the Data Protection Act 1998, to not only secure the data, but ensure it is accurate and up to date - http://www.ico.gov.uk/what_we_cover/dat ... tions.aspx

[ianmillington]

The Government keeping data secure?

I agree with Melanie on this one, not only is there the cost issue but an unsolicited mailshot warning about unsolicited mailshots not strike the right chord with some folk, even though it's issued for the best of reasons.

I perceive that the campaign to restrict access to the data is gathering momentum and would hope that something would have to happen in the not too distant future.

Ian

[CoverItAll]

The cost would be massive. There are 113,782 people in IVA's at present, even at the reduced rate for franked mail, the postage cost would still be £27,308, plus the cost of preparing the mailshot.

[Cybus]

I'm in agreement with the majority on this particular point. If you were to mailshot the people, I think it would serve only to lower peoples opinions of you. The likes of the IVA Council use it to bleat on about how bad IP's and IVA's are. You know what people's opinions of them are, from reading this forum. I would not like to see you tarred with the same brush as them for using the EIIR, albeit for creating awareness as opposed to preaching your ideals.

The best way forward, in my opinion anyway, is to ensure that the presence of this forum is maintained and wherever possible word of it's existence spread by word of mouth instead of abusing the EIIR.

[MelanieGiles]

Very well said Cybus. Hear Hear.