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Belfast Live
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Brendan Hughes

NI voters' personal details sold off for thousands of pounds to politicians and businesses

Voters' personal details are being sold off for tens of thousands of pounds to politicians, private companies and credit check agencies.

The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland has received more than £115,000 in five years selling voter information contained on the electoral register, which records the names and addresses of people entitled to vote.

Political parties, election candidates and pollsters as well as public bodies, businesses, organisations and private individuals have paid to access the electoral roll, details obtained by Belfast Live show.

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