Bike Insurance - Internet - Big Brother

[Merecat]

Everyone seems to be using fancy browsers these days.

What's up with good old IE?

Internerd expolder got far too big and lumbering for me. Gave up with it at IE7 or may have been IE6. Not found enough reason to return as yet

Mick

[slparry]

There is money to be made from you visiting web sites, so there are databases of browsing information that is sold on to other companies. Prove that by looking at some high value item and see how long it takes for the big boys to start sending you recommendations of that item (fridge anyone). Even if you clear your browser history. It's a game to play of a winters evening.

What gets me is when I buy a one off item that I'll not need to buy again, but I get emails telling me they have just the one I'm looking for. AAAARRRGGG!

There is also a shared insurance database, which is how DVLC can tell that you are insured when you buy your road tax online. It's not taken on trust. But it also means the insurance companies can make approaches at the right time if you seem like a good risk.

The insurance database can be interrogated at http://www.askmid.com so long and you fib that the index numbers you enter are yours I was quite surprised at one time to find several colleagues cars in the company car park below my office were'nt insured

[ianbcr]

[quote="slparry"][quote="Grip Fast"]There is money to be made from you visiting web sites, so there are databases of browsing information that is sold on to other companies. Prove that by looking at some high value item and see how long it takes for the big boys to start sending you recommendations of that item (fridge anyone). Even if you clear your browser history. It's a game to play of a winters evening.

What gets me is when I buy a one off item that I'll not need to buy again, but I get emails telling me they have just the one I'm looking for. AAAARRRGGG!

There is also a shared insurance database, which is how DVLC can tell that you are insured when you buy your road tax online. It's not taken on trust. But it also means the insurance companies can make approaches at the right time if you seem like a good risk.[/quote]

The insurance database can be interrogated at http://www.askmid.com so long and you fib that the index numbers you enter are yours I was quite surprised at one time to find several colleagues cars in the company car park below my office were'nt insured[/quote]

dont go on that steve,if the insurance dont update your details it stays off the list,and will show as not insured,i couldnt tax my bike one time because they hadnt updated my insurance onto the system.although i had my ticket,rang them up and they told me its upto the under writers to update your policy,