more confidence from our banks, documents found in dump

patrickc

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0704/aib.html

he country's biggest bank, AIB, has said it expects its officials to inspect the site of a former dump in Co Cork today where documents relating to the bank have been found. It is understood that the documents relate to loan applications and to customer statements.
The AIB documents were found at the former Killacloyne landfill site near Glounthaune in east Cork.
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Confidential medical files of hundreds of people were also uncovered there at the end of April.
They contained the names, addresses, dates of birth, medical conditions and treatments of people who attended a number of Cork hospitals from the 1970s to mid-1980s.
The Health Service Executive has sealed the site, initiated an investigation and promised to recover any other files which were buried there.
The AIB documents were discovered while a contractor was sifting through material at the site searching for other medical files.
The bank has confirmed that an investigation has begun, but a spokeswoman said no further comment would be made until the documents and the site have been examined later today.
She said the offices of the Financial Regulator and Data Protection Commissioner would be informed of the discovery 'as appropriate'.
Data Commissioner Billy Hawkes told RTÉ News he would be concerned if confidential financial information was dumped in this way.
A spokeswoman for Financial Regulator Patrick Neary said he has repeatedly stressed the need for financial institutions to have adequate systems and controls in place to protect client confidentiality.

Heisenberg.

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patrickc

The Scientist wrote: »

Between BOI's stolen laptops & this i'm glad i dont have an account with either of them.
Its a joy to see the likes of Rabo & Halifax challenging their Monopoly.

have you a hse a/c though:rolleyes:

Sherifu

*ankers.

Reku

Maybe Bertie can finally find the records to explain all those strange lodgements.

seamus

Yeah but how old are the documents and do they predate the data protection act?

The concept of information security has come a long way in the last fifteen years. I'd say nobody thought twice about dumping confidential documents in the 70's and 80's.