My advice is to stop getting paper statements. I know it's not an answer
to your bank's indifference, but it's a step you can take. Even though
it actually costs me a fraction more (because I have to print out my own
statements), my building society's internet banking service allows me to
print an identical version of my current account statement, and I am
sure that many offer the same service.
There's a lot I could say about the Halifax as an ex-customer, but
that's another story.
Tim Turner
Data Protection / FOI Officer
Legal and Property Services
Wigan Council
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cox, Fran
Sent: Wed 09 January 2008 08:50
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Website hit analysis
It is indeed up to us to "choose the level of protection we require and
to act within it". I am careful to preserve my identity and shred
diligently etc. However over the Christmas break I received a bank
statement in the post from my bank - The Halifax - that was open,
completely unsealed, the envelope flap virtually waving in the breeze,
obviously not a lick had passed the banks lips...I was not a little
concerned about this, but when I went into my branch to complain the
assistant more or less shrugged her shoulders and said she would "Make a
note of it". Surely at this basic level my bank should be protecting
me?
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of simon howarth
Sent: 08 January 2008 17:13
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Website hit analysis
"We leave traces everywhere. It is not, I think, up to others to
protect us (Are you listening, Mr Clarkson?). It is up to us to choose
the level of protection we require and to act within it."
Well said, you can have as much technology as you like, but in the end
it's down to people taking responsibility (both personal and corporate).
I agree with your observations about the transfer of personally
identifiable information in the way mentioned (or indeed the lack of);
there has to be a middle ground of common sense that says, "yes our
analytical software will grab your footprint when you arrive on the
page, but you may switch it off by taking this action..."
I think that there is a danger hre, to get side tracked by this type of
activity whilst the geeks are busy reading your c: drive....
Finally-
I am a little concerned at the Chihuahua Liberation Front though, just
looking at those makes me feel suicidal! I'm a Whippet men myself. ;-)
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