C.R.A.'s Passing On Your Telephone Number To D.C.A.'s.

[renegotiation]

I think that this thread or something similar seriously needs to be stickyed.

 

Are you thinking of requesting your credit reports from the C.R.A.'s? DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER. They don't need it for anything, certainly not to verify your identity, and will just pass it on to the D.C.A.'s. While I would agree that a creditor has every right to know 'where' a debtor is, I certainly don't agree that they have the right to harass you by telephone. You have been warned. If you're wondering how some D.C.A.'s recently got hold of your new, secret, ex-directory telephone number, then this is the probable answer. Just for the record, and as a simple statement of fact, if your creditors don't know 'where' you are they will do after you request your credit reports.

[thekat1979]

I clocked onto this one just after I sent all my credit report requests off - d'oh! Ah well, looks like I'm going to be moving soon anyway!

[Wilma Shoozfit]

Fortunately I got dyslexia of the fingers as I typed my mobile number in for the contact phone when I applied my free credit report. Not that I'm paranoid (says she looking over her shoulder).

 

So if some-one out there has carpquest (dyslexia again!) chasing them for my statute barred debts - please accept my apologies.

[jo5ephedward5]

it woudl seem that they let DCA look at your file anyway - CapQuest search mine every month to confirm my address is the same - i have never given them permission to do this - if i had a CCA with the OC then i have only given them permission to add data to my account and not to searc it as they please - is there anything we can do to protect our data on held with the CRA?