Wales ends sale of voters’ personal data to third parties #News

[nationcymru@toot.wales]

Wales ends sale of voters’ personal data to third parties
#News

Wales ends sale of voters' personal data to third parties

People in Wales will have their personal data better protected after the Senedd approved regulations on 10 March abolishing the open electoral register. The Representation of the People (Removal of the Edited Register) (Wales) Regulations 2026 will end the practice of selling voters’ details to direct marketing and other commercial organisations. Young people and those […]

Nation.Cymru (nation.cymru)

[riggbeck@mastodon.social]

@NationCymru

This gave me pause for thought about the situation in Scotland, where we have open electoral rolls. Apparently this company (and presumably others) have free access to all the data 'helping you locate and find any person living in Scotland today.' Worrying.

https://votersrollscotland.com/index.html

[mimblewimble@mastodon.social]

@NationCymru Can we do this in US states too. Any time I touch a government form that information is used for advertising. How do I know? I have a dedicated email used for each government organization all routed on my email server to my inbox. For example dmvsoldthisaddress@myserver.com. So when an email comes in with some regionally targeted add, the to address says it all.