what can i do? keep receiving bills to my address for unknown persons

Faolchu wrote: »

Exactly when they ask your name say joe mcfluffynipples and then they can't use the excuse

I tried

seavill wrote: »

re post as not sure did you miss my two suggestions a few posts earlier

someone mentioned one might be an offence but who's to know whether you actually do it or not

Secondly you have two choices seen as you have explained and re explained that you will not give them your name
- ignore the letters and just put them in the bin, they have nothing to do with you just treat them like all that other **** we get in the door daily from tesco etc. I don't see why this is not possible. I get at least 2 pieces of junk every day which has to go in the bin just add in these letters it won't kill you. the bills have nothing to do with you so no one can come after you no matter what.
- mark return to sender on every single one they will get tired of receiving them back every time and will eventually do something about it again not your problem they dont have your name so no one will come after you whatever address they have.

I guess I was trying to do the right thing, tell them what i suspected was a fraud/have no association between my address and the unpaid debts of someone else, to which i was accused by them of having mislaid/disposed of some paperwork with my details on it, if that was the case, they'd surely be using my name.
I think that looks like the only remaining option, bit unfortunate.

I'd hazard a guess its tesco information though and not tesco bank with demands for thousands of euro.
I'm suprised the company have such a bureaucratic process for dealing with something that has caused them to go from being owed hundreds to a hell of a lot more.

Grolschevik wrote: »

Why do you care about this?

see post 32

seavill wrote: »

Yes that's all well and good the first or second time but they clearly don't care so I don't know why you care so much, If they accepted your help the first time fair enough but why bother continuing when it is getting you absolutely no where and you are clearly very wound up about it.

The second point highlighted above - who cares what it is, its not for you, they don't seem too bothered so what does it matter what it is or whos its for or for how much, its nothing to do with you so forget about it.

Thats all true I suppose, I guess I'm persistant, or stubborn or maybe ignorant

I like to see a job through to the end, even the bitter end

I was pissed about it, confounded by their attitude, but you're right
ahh screw it
Now, what i need to do is go and scam a phone off them, that'll cheer me up, it seems like it could be easy to do
especially as they are quite slow to catch on,
Now if someone will just give me a name

I cant use hesus cristos or fluffymcnipples though

I feel vindicated, to my detractors nah nah na na na
Seriously, this ties in with my experience very closely that Im suprised it didnt come up before.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0910/emobile-meteor-guilty-of-data-legislation-breach.html

Meteor and eMobile plead guilty to data legislation breaches

Updated: 22:21, Monday, 10 September 2012




Two telecoms companies have pleaded guilty to multiple breaches of data protection legislation at the Dublin District Court.


Two laptops were stolen containing customer's personal data


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They have been ordered to pay a total of €30,000 to two charities.
The charges follow the theft of two unencrypted laptops from the office of Eircom Ltd, trading as eMobile, and Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd, trading as Meteor, in Parkwest in Dublin late in 2011 or early in 2012.
The laptops contained personal and financial information of customers. Both companies are part of the Eircom group.
They were charged with failing to protect the personal data held on the laptops, failing to notify the Data Protection Commission of this personal data breach without undue delay and failure to notify the affected individuals without delay.
It is the first prosecution taken with regard to the loss of personal data on an unencrypted laptop.
Both companies pleaded guilty to the charges before Dublin District Court this morning and received the benefit of the Probation Act, provided they make the donation to charity.
The court heard that the theft of the two password-protected but unencrypted computers took place sometime between 28 December 2011 and 2 January 2012 from Eircom's business premises at Parkwest in Dublin.
The laptops were discovered missing on 3 January and the matter reported to gardaí the following day.
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner says all such breaches should be reported to its office within two working days.
However, the court was told that in this instance it was only notified of the breach 30 days after the laptops were found to be missing.
In total, the laptops contained details of 3,944 Meteor customers and 6,295 eMobile customers.
In the case of eMobile, the data included customer application forms, including passport details, utility bills, driving licence details, financial statements and credit and debit card information for 142 of the customers.
eMobile only began informing customers 38 days after the laptops were reported stolen, but it took up to 77 days to inform some customers.
The details of the remaining eMobile customers included names, addresses, telephone numbers and account details.
The Meteor data also contained application form information such as passport and driving licence details, and financial statements of 1,244 customers out of a total of 3,944 customers who were listed on the laptops.
Meteor began informing customers 38 days after the laptops were stolen, but in some cases it took up 73 days before everyone was informed.
Apologising for what had happened, Eircom's solicitor told the court that the personal data should not have been on the laptops, and the computers should have been encrypted.
The court was told that Eircom Group had in excess of 3,100 encrypted laptops prior to this data breach. Following this breach, the group identified approximately 160 laptops that were not encrypted.
However, the court heard that all unencrypted laptops have since been encrypted.
Eircom said it had difficulty identifying what exactly had been on the laptops, and it was this that had led to the delay in notifying the ODPC and the customers.
Judge John O'Neill said the procedures were there to be followed, but in this case they had not.
He said there had so far been no loss to customers in this instance, but it was not guaranteed that those affected would not suffer loss in the future.
Judge O'Neill said both companies should have notified the Data Protection Commission without delay, but he he also noted both had come in with their hands up and had not attempted to minimise their part in these offences.
He said under the circumstances, a payment to charity reflecting the maximum fines available under the legislation, was the most appropriate solution.
The judge gave the companies the benefit of the Probation Act, provided they pay a total of €30,000 to the Laura Lynn Foundation and Pieta House by the end of the month.

well,the company in question told me utility bills of some description of my address were used to create these accounts so i dont think its a matter of incorrect addressing, the accounts were set up using my address, it is not merely a typo error.
At the least it shows e-mobile/meteor are careless with personal information and do not take timely action to rectify such problems, something i experienced with them when i informed them of the issue, which they then declined to believe.

All the while they were aware they had disclosed personal information and at the same time had accused me of doing the same.

I was once a customer of meteor many years ago, so its possible my information was disclosed.

At best they are utter jackasses at worst it seems negligent.