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Client asking for telephone numbers of previous clients - is this legal?
Thread poster: Paul Dixon
Sanjin Grandić
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Grey zone but legal if... Dec 27, 2020

Translation aside, I still work full time in the financial sector and I asked a friend who is a lawyer about this issue.
She told me that it is legal to ask for the phone number of previous clients if these clients are agencies and not direct clients.

Secondly, the only topic of conversation with your ex-clients may be about your performance as a translator.

Last and most important, any form of data collection should also have the text that the data collected w
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Translation aside, I still work full time in the financial sector and I asked a friend who is a lawyer about this issue.
She told me that it is legal to ask for the phone number of previous clients if these clients are agencies and not direct clients.

Secondly, the only topic of conversation with your ex-clients may be about your performance as a translator.

Last and most important, any form of data collection should also have the text that the data collected will be treated in accordance with GDPR!



[Edited at 2020-12-27 11:27 GMT]
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Client asking for telephone numbers of previous clients - is this legal?







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