Controversy
Some gas installers, primarily individual, independent installers through associations such as ARGI (Association of Registered Gas Installers) felt that the organisation was overbearing and an excessive financial burden, and that little is being done to stop unregistered installers operating and that they were not being supported by or listened to by the organisation. There were also concerns that it abused its monopolistic position as the sole awarding body for UK gas installers. The reality was, that CORGI used the customer and installer data to sell products and services (initially by including a sales booklet along with the Installation certificate sent to the customer), which is contrary to their remit for the care of that data (data protection). However, unsurprisingly, similar accusations are being made about Gas Safe Register, the replacement body which took over from CORGI in 2009 who took a high percentage of CORGI staff on a the change over, consequently the endemic abuse/selling and manipulation of data remains a concern which is proving difficult to pinpoint the origin of.
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