From: Tom Robinson 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Experian Credit Reference Report and Data Protection
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:45:54 +0100

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:58:10 +0100, Tom  wrote:

>Rik wrote:
>> I received this morning a statutory credit reference report from
>> Experian having paid my statutory 2 quid.
>
>> What confuses me however is by what authority does the credit
>> reference agency divulge personal financial information of third
>> parties (e.g. my wife or my son's partner) to me?
>> 
>> Is it that their registration under the Data Protection Act allows
>> them to provide potentially sensitive data to third parties just
>> because they happen to live at the same address?
>
>
>
>This practice is ending next month. About time too.
>
>http://money.guardian.co.uk/creditanddebt/story/0,1456,1196053,00.html

I just applied to get my credit file from equifax and got an email
yesterday demanding I fax them two proofs of address ie bank
statements, bills, etc.  The email says this is because I have
recently moved house.

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