![]() Last night, the Clydesdale sent a senior manager to the Sunday Mail The Commissioner can issue enforcement notices and start "We will be contacting the Sunday Mail for more details and Very concerned to hear more customers' information seems to have If they have hundreds to work with, theĪ spokesman for the Information Commissioner said: "We are ![]() Each identity they can clone canīe worth upwards of pounds 5000. The more information criminals can get from "It would put you well on your way to some serious "The data you have found is pretty much a fraudster's dream. ![]() The binsįraud expert Neil Munroe, of credit reference agency Equifax, said: "I make the effort to protect my identity from fraudsters byĭestroying sensitive information, so they should do it as well."Īll the documents were easily picked up outside branches. "I will be speaking to the manager and considering myĬentral heating supervisor Scott Malaney, 31, said: "It isĪbsolutely disgraceful the bank is throwing out confidential details. Lying about." Self-employed Ann Weir, 49, said: "I am bothĭisappointed and angry that as a customer of 30 years with theĬlydesdale, they would discard my details as a piece of rubbish. "It's frightening to think all that information was just Mr Dyce added: "I am glad it was the Sunday Mail who found But he says he may transfer after we revealed the lapses at Retired bartender Jack Dyce, 87, has been with the Clydesdale forĤ0 years. Other customers threatened to close accounts after we alerted them. Of pounds, is unable to shred information." That an organisation of this size, responsible for hundreds of millions "When you can buy a shredder for pounds 25, it is unbelievable Unprofessional is probably the mildest way of putting it. Paul Landman, of Thornliebank, Glasgow, said: "Stunningly Inquiry after we revealed the security lapse to them. Last night, customers named in the dumped documents called for an Mother's maiden name - which could be used to obtain credit. There were personal details for a second customer including hisĭate of birth, account details and even a security ID. In total we found details of 1500 transactions worth pounds 2.5Īn RBS form detailing the pounds 250,000 account had been Customer names andĪt the Bank of Scotland in Giffnock, documents had been shredded Left lying in bins in back courts and alleys.Īt the Clydesdale in Giffnock, we found 20 pages of computerĪt a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Giffnock, we found the name,Īddress, occupation, phone number and account number of a customer withĪt the Lloyds TSB Scotland branch in Thornliebank, Glasgow, weįound chip and pin and cash cards cut into pieces. The banks should have shredded the documents but instead they were We checked Scottish banks afterĬlaims by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas that sensitive Have been worth millions to the criminal gangs who specialise in theīooming crime of identity theft. ![]() Just 24 hours, our team amassed a mountain of information which would In transactions have been found dumped in wheelie bins outside ScotsĪ Sunday Mail investigation uncovered addresses, phone numbers,ĭates of birth, passwords, account numbers and even old bank cards. THOUSANDS of customers' bank papers covering pounds 2.5million
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