25 August 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 2 Comments.
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 restructured our [...]
16 June 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
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 [...]
11 June 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 3 Comments.
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, but we are [...]
10 June 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 11 Comments.
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, email [...]
9 June 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 7 Comments.
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 [...]
6 April 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Last month I posted some data on browser share across the Consumer Focus ‘web presence’. I’ve just updated the spreadsheet (link and details below) with figures from March 2010 (and March 2009 for comparison). Browser Share Headlines Internet Explorer has gained a 0.5% share of visits over the last month, but is down 10% on [...]
6 April 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
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 on [...]
3 March 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
In our last update we talked about some of the new responsibilities we’ve inherited and what our plans were for the next few months. We wanted to give you all an update on what we’ve been up to since then and what we’ve still to do. Consumer Focus Corporate Website In October we announced that [...]
1 March 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
Over the past few months there has been an increased fight for market share amongst the top browsers. As well as the traditional rivalry between Internet Explorer and Firefox, we’ve seen a new entrant to the market over the last year – Google Chrome. Microsoft has this week started offering a choice to European users [...]
19 October 2009 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
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 have [...]
Consumer Focus is the independent champion for consumers across England, Wales, Scotland and (for postal consumers) in Northern Ireland. We operate across the whole of the economy, persuading businesses and public services to put consumers at the heart of what they do.
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