Experian and benefit fraud

[Roland Perry]

In article <4C628114.2060206 at andros.org.uk>, Andrew McLean 
<lists at andros.org.uk> writes
>I think my main concern about the latest proposal is information 
>leakage to the Credit Reference agencies. Even if they don't directly 
>exploit the information they are provided in order to carry out this 
>exercise, might they be able to exploit "derived data"?

If they were allowed to, it might be tempting for agencies to reveal to 
their lender-clients that a person had fallen on hard times. Arguably 
those persons ought to tell the lenders this anyway (in some sort of 
"utmost good faith" sense), but there are some transparency issues.
-- 
Roland Perry