Keep Your Contact Details Private!...

Just had my yearly “Registration to Vote” letter through the door & I’m sure you’ll all be getting yours soon, if you haven’t already got it!

Remember to tick the box for “Exclude me from the edited Register” box on the far right in order to help stop potential ID fraud & nuisance telephone calls from sales people - as anybody can buy the edited register & call you through it.

Once on the Edited Register you can find your address & telephone number on the internet in numerous places... starting with www.192.com Do a name search & see if you’re already there now.

So check this out now! & make sure you tick that box. If you do not have the leaflet “Who has my personal details” - Right click over the pictures below & “Save Target As” - & also have a look at the Electoral Commision’s website here http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/pcsearch/EntryPage.cfm?CFID=199077&CFTOKEN=14053687 ).

Help decrease unwanted mail & faxes (and help also cut paper waste in the process) & phone calls by also signing yourself up to the following government agencies:

Mailing Preference Service http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/pcsearch/EntryPage.cfm?CFID=199077&CFTOKEN=14053687
Fax Preference Service http://www.fpsonline.org.uk/fps/
Telephone Preference Service http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/




Doctors... Stop Yourself Being An Easy Target To Be Tracked Down...

Check with https://webcache.gmc-uk.org/mygmc/home.do (or phone 0131 240 6410) to see which address you have registered (it is usually the one you get sent magazine from by them).

If it is your home address know that this is accessible by the public (and potential psychos if you’re doing A+E) by simply phoning them up and quoting your name (or GMC no. which is also freely available on the net).

See for yourself. Change it to your work address now

This is potentially also quite a good way of tracking down someone from Uni / you used to work with. Find out their address & if they failed to tick a box on their Electoral Registration letter - you could punch their name & town into www.192.com & hey presto...