Britain’s Nosy Neighbours

Privacy is an ever present topic of debate. Social and portable media have made it possible to broadcast every moment of your life as it happens. We’re making it easier than ever for people to spy on us, but we can always adjust our privacy settings and only let our friends see what we’re doing. There are no privacy settings, though, when it comes to our neighbours.

You can’t escape it. They see you around every day. They look through your windows when passing by. They listen out when you’re socialising in the garden and they just plain can’t keep to themselves. Some people can’t help being a nosy neighbour.   And we want to help you fight those who can’t keep to themselves. With summer well and truly out and National Home Security Week upon us, we want to protect you privacy by giving away a free set of blinds to the person with the nosiest neighbour!

Just tell us how bad they are by emailing into [email protected] and we could help you keep the nosy neighbours at bay with a brand new set of blinds for your house. Giveaway closes 31^st October 2014.

To get a bigger look at the problem, we looked at just how nosy we are as a country. How many of us do it? For how long? What makes us do it? The results are surprising, and you may just rethink what you consider to be a potential busybody on your street. Check out the full results below:

Terms & Conditions

1. The promoter is Interior Goods Direct Ltd. whose registered office is: Interior Goods Direct Limited, Unit 2 Jubilee Way, Grange Moor, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 4TD.
2. Employees of Interior Goods Direct Ltd. or their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition.
3. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
4. Instructions for entry into the competition and details of how to enter can be found above.
5. Closing deadline for entry will be midnight on 31/10/2014. After this date no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
6. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
7. The rules of the competition and the prize for the winner can be found above.
8. The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
9. The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
10. No cash alternative to the prizes will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
11. The winner will be notified within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
12. The promoter will contact the winner to arrange delivery of the prize.
13. The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
14. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his / her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
15. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
16. The winner agrees to the use of his / her name and image in any publicity material. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent.
17. The competition is only open to UK residents.
18. Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
19. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Twitter or any other Social Network.