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Thu 05 May 2007Data commissioner received 658 complaintsA record number of complaints were made to the Data Protection Commissioner last year, according to his latest annual report. Paul Cullen, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, reports.Some 658 complaints were received last year, compared to 300 in 2005, the commissioner, Billy Hawkes, said yesterday. Complaints about cold calling and unsolicited text messages accounted for much of the increase.