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GDPR – Know your Right’s !

The biggest overhaul of Personal Data Privacy Regulation comes into effect.

 

The General Data Protection Regulation is the biggest renewal and revamp by the EU of the current Data Protection Act and the most important change in Data Privacy in 20 years.

The new EU GDPR has been designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe, to empower all EU citizens and to reshape the way organisations obtain, store, process and share information. Strict rules mean companies will not be allowed to collect and use personal information without the consumer’s consent.

GDPR puts emphasis on clear consent and particularly bans … Read more

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UPDATE: Holiday Products Fraud, 40 Months for Prolific Conman!

Francis ‘Frank’ Madden took holidays around the Mediterranean while his businesses deceptively obtained hundreds of thousands of pounds from unsuspecting customers.

Madden, 61 from Bournemouth, has been jailed for 40 months and barred from holding a directorship for a decade! The Conman, who was jailed this week, ruled his companies with an ‘Iron Fist’, despite spending much of his time on cruises with his wife and spending thousands of pounds in doing so.

Staff at his companies, Central Marketing LTD, Glenleigh LTD and Reco Corp LTD, were instructed to cold-call hundreds of people a day inviting them to attend a … Read more

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New Marriott Resort Opens On The Island Of Bali

Bali Nusa Dua Garden, Marriott Vacation Club’s all-new vacation ownership retreat, is now open on the island of Bali. This is the club’s first resort in Indonesia.

The company aims to expand further into Asia and the Pacific and add to its portfolio of 12,000 plus timeshare villas throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Australia.

With Bali being ranked as the world’s favourite destination by Trip Advisor, the resort is sure to receive attention from current vacation club members and potential purchasers alike.

Admittedly, Bali boasts beautiful beaches, featuring turquoise waters and dreamy coastlines. But, a word of cautionary … Read more

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Jobs set to go at Cameron House

Hundreds of jobs are set to be lost at Cameron House Hotel, in Loch Lomond.

This follows the terrible fire at the timeshare resort in December 2017, which sadly asserted the lives of a young couple who were staying at the hotel.

BBC Scotland has posted an article from information they have learned. A total of 300 posts out of 450 appear to be at risk. This may include 150 staff on zero-hour contracts. Sadly, these staff members have been informed that there will not be any work for them in the short term.

On Thursday 25th January 2018, a … Read more

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European Sales offices close with Diamond Resorts

The following news has broken, Diamond Resorts Europe will be closing select sales offices within Malaga and Tenerife.

Sales teams in both Malaga and Tenerife have been advised to seek advice from solicitors as there will be redundancies across the teams.

So what information have clients of Diamond received?

Some members are being informed that the European Sales and Marketing business has been facing a challenging time. Within the information given to clients, Diamond state they have tried numerous initiatives to try and improve performance within the sales teams.

Being one of the biggest sales teams across Europe, this will … Read more

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South African Timeshares – Public Inquiry

In South Africa, there is in excess of 200 resorts and over 600,000 people who own timeshares. The industry has come under the spotlight and it has become apparent that consumers are not so happy.

There have been many allegations and complaints against the timeshare industry and the National Consumer Commission are now looking to kickstart a public inquiry. The inquiry will optimistically get to the bottom of the allegations that consumers have made, such as being conned into signing contracts that last a lifetime and not being able to cancel the contracts once they have signed them.

Consumers are … Read more

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Festive Frivolities!

 

On Friday 22nd December 2017, the teams at Praetorian Legal and Mercantile Claims celebrated their annual works Christmas party.

We attended the Manhattan party at the NEC in Birmingham, where the evening started with a drinks reception, along with canapes. The evening’s entertainment begun with dancers on poles, meandering amongst us.

At 8pm, we were seated for a three-course dinner and it was then that the main entertainment began. There were amazing dance routines on the centre stage, along with aerial acrobatics and spinning fire rings.

With Christmas crackers on the table and fine wine flowing, we indulged in … Read more

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TIMESHARE – LIES AND BROKEN PROMISES

Praetorian Legal have recently become aware of unfavorable online comments that have been proliferated by the timeshare industry and its envious competitors.  We want to address these unsubstantiated, untruthful, defamatory comments made about our organisation.

The background to Praetorian Legal’s work within timeshare is a good starting point in understanding why we are subject to these sustained attacks.  Praetorian legal was incorporated on 14 November 2014 after being consulted by an organisation that offered timeshare termination services and was looking to outsource the work to a company who specialised in consumer law matters.  The Directors of Praetorian Legal have practiced … Read more

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12,000 complaints to Police following 200 million nuisance calls

The Information Commissioners Office has stated there is a “lengthy and complex” inquiry underway. This is a result of Police officers removing computers from Himma Group in Nottingham.

The boss of Himma Group has been suspected of being part of a kingpin network cold-calling the public. The network is said to be linked to Pakistan. Mr Mian Arshad Mubasher says he is the innocent party in this investigation.

Government officials and police have raised an investigation into this cold-calling claims firm after they bombarded Britons with 200 million phone calls.

The offices of Himma Group in Nottingham were raided and … Read more

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TIMESHARE SCAM – Seniors targeted in Telemarketing Fraud

A website based in America has written a post concerning a Telemarketing Timeshare Scam by an Orlando resident.

Mr Daniel Boyar, a resident of Orlando, Florida has pleaded guilty for his part in defrauding over 1,000 victims via a telemarketing scheme, a scheme which saw many victims in their elderly years handing over more than $3.3 million.
The report showed that Mr Boyar pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud; two counts of mail fraud; and, two counts of wire fraud. United States District Judge James C. Mahan accepted his guilty plea. Sentencing … Read more

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