West Lothian and email

[Roland Perry]

In article <501d7e5f90ukcrypto@vigay.com>, Paul Vigay 
<ukcrypto@vigay.com> writes
>> But I've had all kinds of "because of data protection" nonsense,
>> including for example, NTL once using it as an excuse why they couldn't
>> tell me my *own* phone number (for a line I'd ordered and was awaiting
>> installation).
>
>On the flip side of this, some members of the public are *far* too ignorant
>when it comes to basic security and identity theft.

I agree, but that doesn't stop a lot of organisations using bogus 
"because of data protection" as a reason for releasing quite trivial 
amounts of data.

>Our 0845 technical support number is one digit different to the Halifax
>mortgage line and we often get people misdialling and getting through to us.

Our Cambridge phone number for e-victims.org has a "50" in it that if 
you change to "15" is the same as one of the local taxi firms. We 
literally get more phone calls for taxis than real ones.

-- 
Roland Perry