IFAs who purchase local versions of the Electoral Register for direct mailing and marketing purposes...
IFAs who purchase local versions of the Electoral Register for direct mailing and marketing purposes will have to buy a new 'edited' version of the lists or they risk breaking the Data Protection Act. Changes to Electoral Register rights mean every household can now be placed on two registers unless they ask otherwise: one full register, which can still be read at local offices, used for law enforcement and credit checking, and another shortened list which can be purchased by all other companies. The difference, however, is voters can now ask to be removed from the edited list, wh...
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