Hundreds of bank account details left at London pub

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Hundreds of bank account details left at London pub
A contractor loses hundreds of bank account details, leaving them at a pub.
By Tom Brewster, 4 Aug 2011 at 14:40

Two companies have been found in breach of the Data Protection Act after 
tens of thousands of tenants. details were left at a London pub, alongside 
800 records with bank account details.

A contractor managed to lose data on tenants of two separate housing 
companies . Wandle Housing Association and Lewisham Homes.

The contractor was working for the latter organisation when he lost an 
unencrypted USB, which contained data copied from both companies. 
networks.

The device contained details of over 20,000 tenants of Lewisham Homes and 
6,200 from Wandle Housing Association. Almost 800 of the records belonging 
to Lewisham Homes also contained tenants. bank account details.

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