Investigation launched into online sale of bank account details
December 5, 2007 by admin
Filed under News, News-Credit-Cards
An investigation has been launched by the Information Commissioner after it was revealed bank account details could be purchased online. 
The Times discovered more than 100 websites were selling the details of British bankers while an e-passport was also found to be on sale online.
A trafficker was also reportedly selling 30,000 credit card numbers for less than one pound each.
Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, has announced that an investigation will be launched into the findings by the newspaper.
He said: “We can take action against UK-based organisations that flout the Data Protection Act. If some of these websites are not UK-based we will work with our counterparts in the relevant country.”
The findings come as confidence in the government’s handling of personal data increases to ebb.
This latest furore follows the loss of two discs in the post last month of the banking details of 25 million individuals.
