[Fwd: Re: Co-op Bank and Verified by Visa]

[Roland Perry]

In article <4A44FB1B.40906 at callnetuk.com>, Pete Mitchell 
<otcbn at callnetuk.com> writes
>The bank itself has so far refused to explain exactly how it was done. 
>I presume that is forbidden under the Data Protection Act.

It's unlikely that the sequence of events in this case was personal 
data. They don't want to reveal how it happened.

However banks have been caught trying to distract the victims by saying 
that identifying the suspects is a breach of Data Protection, despite 
long standing exemptions such as s29(3), and more recent laws which 
allow a frightening amount of data transfer in the name of fraud 
prevention [eg s68 & 72 of Serious Crime Act 2007].

Locking up the perpetrator would surely prevent further fraud, and it's 
not clear that most victims want to know the name and address of the 
perpetrator, just the mechanism used so they can be more alert next 
time.
-- 
Roland Perry