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killjoy
08-12-2016
The RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation have been fined for secretly ‘wealth-screening’ millions of donors so they could target them for more money.

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham fined the RSPCA £25,000 and the BHF £18,000 after an investigation found they hired wealth management companies to analyse the financial status of supporters.

the RSPCA told the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that it repeatedly wealth-screened all seven million of its supporters without their consent, had been doing so since 2010, and had no plans to stop.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/07/rspca-...onors-6307346/
DigitalSpyUser
08-12-2016
And people are in denial about the real use of the Snoopers' Charter. It's not Government you need to be afraid of, it's people who want to make money out of you.
zx50
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by DigitalSpyUser:
“And people are in denial about the real use of the Snoopers' Charter. It's not Government you need to be afraid of, it's people who want to make money out of you.”

From what I've read though the "snoopers' charter" is about spying on people's internet activity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38130344

Edit: What the RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation did is probably just the equivalent of hiring a private investigator.
CravenHaven
08-12-2016
This is what happens when you run charities as a business.
I'm going to bequeath them some stuffed animals and my Tiger rug. Maybe my vintage ivory snooker balls if they can tell me when Ray Reardon was champion
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killjoy
08-12-2016
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“Edit: What the RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation did is probably just the equivalent of hiring a private investigator.”

Do you think that is what a charity should be doing to see if it can squeeze a few more pounds out of you?
shaddler
08-12-2016
The RSPCA is an awful organisation. Hopefully it'll be stripped of some of its powers.
Zeropoint1
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by killjoy:
“Do you think that is what a charity should be doing to see if it can squeeze a few more pounds out of you?”

Absolutely not!

Genuine charities are grateful for any donations, blood suckers like these exist only to make profits and pay huge wages to those in charge and the chunts hounding on the street.

My local pub wanted to have a fund raising night for Cancer Research but CR tried to make them jump through so many hoops they told them to forget it. They now have two nights a year where they raise money for the local hospice.
GusGus
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by Zeropoint1:
“Absolutely not!

Genuine charities are grateful for any donations, blood suckers like these exist only to make profits and pay huge wages to those in charge and the chunts hounding on the street.

My local pub wanted to have a fund raising night for Cancer Research but CR tried to make them jump through so many hoops they told them to forget it. They now have two nights a year where they raise money for the local hospice.”


I do not support the RSPCA, they refused to back the anti fox hunting bill for fear of losing their royal patronage
Hobbit Feet
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by shaddler:
“The RSPCA is an awful organisation. Hopefully it'll be stripped of some of its powers.”

I couldn't agree more

and that is said as a staunch supporter of animal welfare
Tassium
08-12-2016
Big charities exploit people, that's what they do.

And "wealth screening" is just that, exploitation.

These charities have become 100% self-serving and they use their particular "good cause" as a shield against criticism.
stud u like
08-12-2016
"We notice that you have been so generous to us over the years. Isn't it about time you paid us a little more?"

This ended up with me cancelling my direct debit.
Zeropoint1
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by stud u like:
“"We notice that you have been so generous to us over the years. Isn't it about time you paid us a little more?"

This ended up with me cancelling my direct debit.”

I was halfway through signing up to one of the charities for deaf kids when the chunt filling in the paper work asked how much I'd like to donate each month, I said £5 and her response was "Well if you can afford £5, why not £10. After all it's only the same as 2 pints a month"

She was constantly trying to upsell me as though I was signing up for a TV package. In the end I said I'd left my debit card at work and only had 5 minutes left. She still wanted me to go and fetch it and claimed it would be OK if I were late!
zx50
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by killjoy:
“Do you think that is what a charity should be doing to see if it can squeeze a few more pounds out of you?”

No. Absolutely not. It was right that they were fined.
zx50
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by GusGus:
“I do not support the RSPCA, they refused to back the anti fox hunting bill for fear of losing their royal patronage”

If that's true it shows what hypocrites they are.
Zeropoint1
08-12-2016
They also don't like to get involved with cases of cruelty which involve members of the traveling community!
Ironwithin
08-12-2016
The RSPCA has lost its way and has become out of control from what it should be concentrating on.
gwynne
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by shaddler:
“The RSPCA is an awful organisation. Hopefully it'll be stripped of some of its powers.”

Agree-an absolutely awful organisation that I stopped supporting 10 years ago!
They are more interested in persuing political agendas than concentrating on the welfare of animals.
I would like to see the current organisation disbanded and another,political free one,created in its place!
Namira
08-12-2016
I have my issues with the RSPCA (and any charity that uses these kind of tactics) and don't donate to them but most of the clamouring and outrage about them and these accusations of them being "political" seem to be coming from the right wing, pro-bloodsport lobby. Anything that upsets those tossers has to stick around in my opinion. There are a lot of good, decent people in the RSPCA and their Scottish equivalent.
vickkij
08-12-2016
My Dad has had a cat stuck on his roof for 3 days, the RSPCA came out today and put an open tin off cat food on the floor in the hope it would jump down to it. When that didn't work they advised they couldn't do anymore as the roof is too low to call the fire brigade, unless my Dad wanted to pay the fine/charge for it!
Shrike
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by vickkij:
“My Dad has had a cat stuck on his roof for 3 days, the RSPCA came out today and put an open tin off cat food on the floor in the hope it would jump down to it. When that didn't work they advised they couldn't do anymore as the roof is too low to call the fire brigade, unless my Dad wanted to pay the fine/charge for it!”

What do you expect the RSPCA to do, that you or your dad can't do?
MrQuike
08-12-2016
Slightly off topic but I read recently that the chief executive of Birmingham Dogs Home had been arrested on suspicion of taking as much as £450,000 out of the charities funds.
Gordon g
08-12-2016
The Bhf were one of the charities we found that was taking money out of My Mum's account after she died.

I won't support any charity that uses charity door muggers to pressure people into signing up for Monthly donations.
Dan Fortesque
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by Namira:
“I have my issues with the RSPCA (and any charity that uses these kind of tactics) and don't donate to them but most of the clamouring and outrage about them and these accusations of them being "political" seem to be coming from the right wing, pro-bloodsport lobby. Anything that upsets those tossers has to stick around in my opinion. There are a lot of good, decent people in the RSPCA and their Scottish equivalent.”

I've noticed that they've been after the RSPCA for quite some time now. I'd rather have them there for animals than not. Animal cruelty is probably low on the police priority list.
Mustabuster
08-12-2016
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“The two charities also traced and targeted new or lapsed donors by piecing together personal information from other sources, and traded supporters’ personal details with other charities to create a massive pool of donor data for sale.”

This gets me. It's exactly the sort of thing that telephone and internet scammers do.
BlueEyedMrsP
08-12-2016
What I find offputting also is how many of them now don't offer a one-off opportunity to donate. They're not happy until they get you to sign some contract which has them taking money every month from your account. Don't know if RSPCA do this but I've encountered quite a few charities that use this tactic. It comes across to me as seriously ungrateful for the donations they receive, or like a used car salesman resorting to high pressure sales tactics to get you to sign.
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