Banks attract over 1,000 data breach complaints - papers

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High street banks have attracted 1,163 complaints over data breaches in a year according to consumer group Which?

claims the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is doing too little to protect consumers' data, the Daily Mail reports. Santander, Halifax, Barclays and Nationwide were accused of losing details, sending personal documents in unsealed envelopes, and linking customers to the wrong addresses. Read more here Baron abandons Big Society Lord Wei has quit his role as government adviser on the Big Society in another embarrassing blow to the scheme. Wei, a former strategist as alternative investment charity Absolute Return for Kids, quit the role to work with the Community Foundati...

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