Friday, 6 February 2015

BEWARE of Labour's data mining



Before people happily and innocently click on this link doing the rounds on social media, they should read the small print. The above icon invites people to enter their name, address, postcode and email address "to see how common your name is in the UK".  It's only later in the process does this appear:


In case you struggle to read it, I will transcribe below:

"The Labour Party or its elected representatives might contact you about the issues
you are interested in or our campaigns."

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