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Finance company identifies 294 recipients of non-payment legal threat

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Dissent

A finance company has disclosed the email addresses of 294 customers that it says are behind in their repayments to the firm. The company emailed the customers but did not hide the addresses of everyone it contacted.

The email makes it clear that the 294 customers are being contacted because they are behind in their repayments. Some of the affected customers have expressed fears that this opens them up to contact from companies which target people in financial difficulty.

Clode Retail Finance is described on its website as “the largest provider of interest-free finance for fashion purchases and dental treatment in the UK today.” It wrote to 294 customers on Monday to tell them that they were behind in payments and that legal action was pending.

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