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Advice on letter from equidebt please

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  • nottoolate
    nottoolate Posts: 1,359 Forumite
    yes. as when recording a default the date must be an accurate representation of the account history. in other words any default from a debt from 2003/4 would have expired from your credit report even if it ever existed. if they try to put a more recent one that would be a breach of the data protection act and you could complain to have it removed. can take a while but you could get it off. also possible in theory to take court action to get it removed.
  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    nottoolate wrote: »
    . if they try to put a more recent one that would be a breach of the data protection act

    Which section ?
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  • nottoolate
    nottoolate Posts: 1,359 Forumite
    vax2002 wrote: »
    Which section ?

    schedule 1 part 1 principle 4 "Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date." for starters

    and arguably principle 5 "Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes."
  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    So none then....
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  • nottoolate
    nottoolate Posts: 1,359 Forumite
    edited 14 July 2012 at 12:01AM
    no. some then. :P

    a recent default on an old statute barred debt would be a breach of principle 4. also a breach of principle 5 as it would be extending by unfair means the length of time that data was processed by the cras
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