> The suspension follows an undercover investigation by the Times whose reporter went with agents working for Arvato Financial Solutions - a company used by British Gas to pursue debts - to the home of a single father with three children.
Why am I not surprised to see the name "Arvato" in there. For those OOTL: they have been under fire in Germany for using outdated datasets for credit scores [1], lacked identification requirements for obtaining credit reports [2], cooperated with Deutsche Bahn to use data of fare dodgers for credit scoring [3], and most recently for exploitative labor conditions in their Facebook moderation team [4].
Why am I not surprised to see the name "Arvato" in there. For those OOTL: they have been under fire in Germany for using outdated datasets for credit scores [1], lacked identification requirements for obtaining credit reports [2], cooperated with Deutsche Bahn to use data of fare dodgers for credit scoring [3], and most recently for exploitative labor conditions in their Facebook moderation team [4].
[1] https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Bericht-Infoscore-nu...
[2] https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/NDR-Mangelhafter-Dat...
[3] https://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2016-05/bahn-kundend...
[4] https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Verdi-kritisiert-pre...