Petition Stop private companies profiting from the redistribution of personal data without explicit consent

Companies profit by sourcing personal data such as home addresses from hard-to-find places such as Electoral Roll, Land Registry etc. and redistributing it on sites high up in search engine results.

I believe that in many cases such information has become “public” solely due to the ignorance of its owners.

The government recommends not to share personal details with strangers online (http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/staying-safe-online). This advice is undermined when personal addresses are freely available to access by typing someone's name into a search engine.

Please implement:

-An end to private companies being able to redistribute personal or business related data for profit without explicit consent. Such data should only be available at the source eg. Companies House

-Greater transparency and education of where people's information may become “public” (eg. Electoral Roll)

-Opt-in rather than opt-out for proffering personal details (eg. on the edited Electoral Roll)