How did I come across this How did I find out about this data misuse?
It was basically a coincidence.
About a year ago I received several I received several advertisements about a year ago,
why I get so many advertisements and trace the origin of my data
and have sent a request for information to
the advertising companies.
Practically ran this through a whole network of address traders, who for advertising purposes
just traded my address my address,
until the 2012 got lost in the dark.
The origin of the data.
And in the network were also the companies Axciomand CRIF Bürgel, which were
then with my, because with my address data did completely different things.
I did not know CRIF Bürgel at all before
and I have never received any any information
about the fact that they had just
for creditworthiness calculations creditworthiness calculations
and ultimately
also decide whether I can conclude certain contracts.
So the question is of course from my point of view as well,
whether I am an an individual case.
So I do not recognise anything atypical in my case.
My address data are for advertising purposes.
This surely affects millions of Germans.
And I think it is also to be assumed that credit agencies such as CRIF
regularly buy up address data to replenish their databases
and then also on the basis of this misappropriated data
to give creditworthiness information.
And in this respect I suspect a systematic problem
and I also hope that this is basically
is put a stop to.
It can hardly be avoided that one,
that one's own address data will sooner or later sooner or later with me in 2012.
And also older address data in the database of a
address emergency landing, that's almost impossible to avoid.
And I think it is in no way to be expected,
that what then happens with these data with this data, that then
as I said, creditworthiness is assessed on the basis of this data,
is, in my view, an absurdity.
And that is the core. That's it.
This is simply a practice that cannot go on like this from my point of view.