How serious is this

alexhawk

Hi,
I live in rented accom. I was just looking through the house paper work when I found direct debits forms (with name address sort code and bank address on) for last years tenants.
Have my landlords broke the law? and How can I stop this happening with my paperwork?
Can I request it's destroyed in front of me when I leave the house?


Thanks

googler

google "data protection act" and that might yield some useful pointers.

Jowo_2

sort codes and account codes are present on cheques and cards anyhow, so no big deal in itself.

to perpetrate fraud usually requires someone to defeat additional security checks - fake ID, knowledge of passwords, PIN codes and similar.

still sloppy of your landlord, though.