I had a small accident in my car on Friday, down as my fault since I was coming out of an obscured drive. I gave the other driver my address, my home phone number, and my insurance company name and policy number. I called my company in his presence on my mobile, but did not give him my number.
Today I had a call on my mobile, which should not be listed, as I took that option with the start of the contract, from an accident company, who claimed to have my details from a national accident database. They did not get any details from my insurance company (I've checked).
I have now registered my mobile with the preference service - I had somehow missed doing that, but I am wondering just how they got hold of my mobile number in the first place. They knew the date of the accident, so it wasn't random. (And national accidents must be up at the moment, because of the weather, so my little prang should be only minor.)
I am not happy about this so-called database, about which my insurance company, not a small one, does not know.

Penny