Toby Jugg
10-05-2008, 11:41
VM have ammended their T&C's in what appears to be nothing more than an attempt to bypass their customers Privacy rights under the DP and RIP acts.
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/legal/oncable/terms.html
Relevent parts copied below
section G, part 2:
By having the services we provide installed in your home and/or by
using them you are giving us your consent to use your personal information together with other information for the purposes of
providing you with our services, service information and updates, administration, credit scoring, customer services, training, tracking use of our services (including processing call, usage, billing,
viewing and interactive data), profiling your usage and purchasing preferences for so long as you are a customer and for as long as is necessary for these specified purposes after you terminate your services. We may occasionally use third parties to process your personal information in the ways outlined above. These third parties
are permitted to use the data only in accordance with our instructions.
section G, part 7:
By having our services installed in your home and/or by using them you consent to our transferring your information to countries which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK if necessary for providing the services. If we do make such a transfer, we will put a contract in place to ensure your information is protected.
You have a right to ask for a copy of your information (for which we charge a small fee) and to correct any inaccuracies.
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/legal/oncable/terms.html
Relevent parts copied below
section G, part 2:
By having the services we provide installed in your home and/or by
using them you are giving us your consent to use your personal information together with other information for the purposes of
providing you with our services, service information and updates, administration, credit scoring, customer services, training, tracking use of our services (including processing call, usage, billing,
viewing and interactive data), profiling your usage and purchasing preferences for so long as you are a customer and for as long as is necessary for these specified purposes after you terminate your services. We may occasionally use third parties to process your personal information in the ways outlined above. These third parties
are permitted to use the data only in accordance with our instructions.
section G, part 7:
By having our services installed in your home and/or by using them you consent to our transferring your information to countries which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK if necessary for providing the services. If we do make such a transfer, we will put a contract in place to ensure your information is protected.
You have a right to ask for a copy of your information (for which we charge a small fee) and to correct any inaccuracies.