Clarkson stung after bank prank

[Pondlife]

Since AtW is unavailable for posting links to the beeb news site, I feel it's only right that someone else does.

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TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has lost money after publishing his bank details in his newspaper column.
The Top Gear host revealed his account numbers after rubbishing the furore over the loss of 25 million people's personal details on two computer discs.

[Ardesco]

"I opened my bank statement this morning to find out that someone has set up a direct debit which automatically takes £500 from my account," he said.

"The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again.

What a load of old tosh. The DPA is to prevent other people accessing your information, you are legally allowed to find out any information relating to yourself. Not to mention the DPA doesn't come into place in a criminal investigation.


Load of old crap and covering up by a bank who knows that a direct debit should not have been possible.

[Troll]

über bolloxs

[BrilloPad]

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What a load of old tosh. The DPA is to prevent other people accessing your information, you are legally allowed to find out any information relating to yourself. Not to mention the DPA doesn't come into place in a criminal investigation.


Load of old carp and covering up by a bank who knows that a direct debit should not have been possible.

yes - but if Clarkson was refunded he has lost nothing. It is then between the bank and the fraudster. Banks tend to write off the money rather than persue the criminals - IMO this is very short sighted.

[BrowneIssue]

über bolloxs

Is that what your avatar is? I thought they were called "chesticles".

[BoredBloke]

"Not to mention the DPA doesn't come into place in a criminal investigation."

Not according to a guy I worked with. He was the victim of ID theft and the coppers told him that they know who is behind much of the crime but the DPA stops them gathering the evidence needed to take matters further. Mind you this could just be the copper spinning him a line.

[DodgyAgent]

Is that what your avatar is? I thought they were called "chesticles".

UPSTAIRS BOLLOXS

[Pondlife]

UPSTAIRS BOLLOXS

ahem...

Shirt potatos

HTH

[BrilloPad]

good to see a semi-serious thread degenerating into primary school humour so rapidly.

[Ardesco]

"Not to mention the DPA doesn't come into place in a criminal investigation."

Not according to a guy I worked with. He was the victim of ID theft and the coppers told him that they know who is behind much of the crime but the DPA stops them gathering the evidence needed to take matters further. Mind you this could just be the copper spinning him a line.

I would suggest that it's the copper spinning a line, however I may be wrong. I know for a fact that DPA is not valid in court where I have had a prosecutor tell me that i could not see the video of me speeding due to the DPA.

Reminding said prosecutor that lying in court was comitting purjory and liable to get her in clink for a fair bit of time focused her attention fairly quickly . If prosecutors can spin this line in court because they don't have evidence available then I see no reason why the police wouldn't spin it as well to make it seem that they are more competant than they really are. What he probably meant was that they knew who was doing it but couldn't prove it and couldn't get a warrent to get the evidence they need because they had no grounds.

At the end of the day the DPA is there to stop our data from being misused, not to allow us to get away with breaking the law scott free.