Since we launched StayPrivate.org in June we’ve been receiving lots of comments, questions and requests for help from users of the service. As we’ve noticed trends in these messages, we’ve been making changes to the site such as adding in extra descriptions and help text to make it easier to use. We’ve also [...]
Since our post on Friday last week, we’ve been busy working on clearing the queue of submissions and implementing some of the feedback we’ve received. We’re pleased to say that we’ve now reduced the queues to a more manageable level and are submitting everyone within 2 hours of signing up.
Since our media appearances on [...]
Thank everyone who has signed up to StayPrivate.org over the last 36 hours or so. We’ve had massive interest in the website – much more than we expected. I’d also like to thank everyone who has sent us comments, suggestions and questions. We haven’t managed to reply to all of them yet, [...]
Following on from our announcement yesterday, we’ve just launched our new beta website – StayPrivate.org
There are a huge number of marketing opt-out services provided in the UK. At present, each service has its own website and forms required to register. These forms require much of the same information such as your name, address, [...]
In our last entry we mentioned a number of projects that we would be launching once the general election was over and we emerged from purdah. We are now at that point, and the first of these projects will be launched into beta tomorrow.
StayPrivate.org is designed to make it easier to reduce the amount of [...]
The UK General Election is likely to be called today. When it is, CF Labs will have to follow a strict set of guidelines on what public activities it can undertake. This means that we will probably go very quiet until after the results are announced.
Despite this, we will still be working away [...]
Work has begin on our next project – StayPrivate.org. The aim of the project is to make it easier to opt out of receiving unwanted marketing communications from organisations registered with the Direct Marketing Association.
The first stage of our work involved planning out what we wanted the site to do. We did this [...]
Describe your idea: A website to fight back against nuisance and intrusion?
I have signed up to the Telephone Preference Service, but I still get cold calls and I think it is not just against the codes of businesses who have signed up to the Direct Marketing Association (i.e. not all) but against the law. Sometimes [...]
What have we been up to?
By Dafydd Vaughan Monday October 19, 2009
We’ve been really quiet on the public front lately, but there has been a lot going on internally. This is an update on everything that we’ve been up to and what we’ve got planned for the next few months.
Our work on the Stay Private project has continued amongst our other duties. We now [...]