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The UK has left the EU. They appear to not be abiding by EU privacy laws as a result.
by IOT_Apprentice 4y ago
The UK has left the EU. They appear to not be abiding by EU privacy laws as a result.
- agilob 4y agoItalian phone number had to get there somehow, probably sold by X, an Italian company?
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoProbably phone numbers follow some numbering scheme etc. so it is relatively easy to spam everyone with automated dialing and handing the numbers that prove out to the scammer. Thus while it is possible sold by X, it is just as possible randomly pulled from limited pool of possible numbers.
- njarboe 4y agoBack in the good old days my mom worked for a short time for a marketing company making cold calls. Back when long distance phone rates were expensive the company would set up people locally and then just call every possible local number (eg. 678-XXXX). People with an unlisted number would get mad and ask where she found their number.
- PeterisP 4y agoThe fact that the call shows an origin number from UK does not mean that it actually comes from UK; source numbers can be spoofed in various ways, especially if it's not spam calls from legitimate companies but actual scam calls.
- jl6 4y agoUnlikely. UK GDPR is pretty much identical to EU GDPR.
- OJFord 4y agoAIUI it's presently exactly identical. However there is a proposal for some changes - it doesn't make any sense for me (make it less onerous yet also somehow maintain compatibility with EU GDPR?) but I don't have time for the actual legalese frankly and the press release was devoid of detail in favour of annoying quips, and completely confusing. I honestly think politics would be better off without television and radio (again). If the only way lay people heard of stuff was through slower news (if at all) then surely they'd speak normally (not in pithy soundbites) and have better debates.
- Veen 4y agoThe UK abides by UK privacy laws, which are in many ways similar to the EU versions. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/introduction-to-dpa-2018/about-the-dpa-2018/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...