I was interested in a van on Ebay earlier today, I asked for more pictures, and I got them about an hour ago via Whatsapp, Ebay gave my mobile number out with my outgoing message.
I am awaiting their response as they say this can't happen, I've sent them two screenshots of two message to the seller, both have my mobile and a landline number I had when I first joined Ebay
I followed through from that page, with the link at the bottom and putting in what I suspect would be your answers eg the organisation has shared your data with someone else, they have responded but not with a "full and final" response and end up at this page;
Interesting exercise as it is not something I have ever tried before, needless to say I have not lodged it as against fleabane, or any name whatsoever as I do not have such information 😊
I hope that you do get some sort of explanation, it's not from a company that you have ever been in touch with before is it ?
Thank you for writing back to eBay and sharing the screenshot.
Kev, I am really sorry for the inconvenience you have faced in this matter, however I would like to share that we have not shared any of your details with the seller. Through the messages it seems that you have mistakenly added this details in the messages. Rest assured, we never share any personal details with the seller.
We regret for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter.
I appreciate the opportunity to have helped you with this information. For further assistance, please feel free to get back to us, we will be more than happy to assist you.
So, it’s all your fault but they don’t really explain how “you mistakenly added these details”, are you able to work out if what they say is true, or an attempt to cover an error on their behalf ?
I know it's bull****, the first number is my current number, the second is my girlfriends about 16 years ago as we used to sell from the same account so extremely unlikely that I would remember it, and also why would I give it out.
Some examples of allegedly questionable activity from there;
Awarding contracts to eg ferry companies that have never operated Ferries’s, own no boats and are a shell company ?
PPE equipment contracts that deliver unusable items at inflated prices from countries that have no expertise by pest control companies ?
Test and trace app contract to a close contact at a many million pound cost, it fails at its first limited trial and seems to have disappeared into the dust ?
A test and trace system employing people to sit around for weeks before being laid off and which spectacularly fails to meet any expected results, but the MP’s wife running it is safe in the Lords and never makes public statements ?
As you say, fraud is widespread and is only a step away from cronyism....
Just got a pretty useless response from ICO why do they blame covid for everything, most large outfits are working from home by now.
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Thats brilliant Kev. I will keep that as an automated reply to any official enquiries about tax, residency, difficult questions, etc. Just change the numbers.
The ICO is currently reviewing your complaint about eBay's information rights practices. We will be in touch as soon as we have an update.
Thank you for your patience.
Yours sincerely,
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