Data protection ?have they broken the law ?

grazzzz

sorry in advance if long winded but have they broken the law .

my old financial advisor retired and sold his clients on to a company called compass !
i am currently due to ill health still live with my ex wife until our house is sold we dont get on at all !
today i get a phone call from the new financial advisor from compass to say he reviewd my pensions after the meeting he had the other week ! i asked what meeting ! it turns out his tele department rang my home ,my ex wife made an appointment to see him . he's turned up a few days later ,my ex told him i wasnt well so couldn't attend the meeting and he has divulged all my info and left her my pension statements, at no point has he asked for proof of my wifes identity (she could have been the cleaner ) and he had never ever spoken to me and the pensions are in my name only i never gave him instructions to talk to her or anyone about my financial affairs . i am livid will be seeking expert advice but surely he has broken the data protection act by giving away my info
advice please
Thanks

CLAPTON

probably yes

you can write and ask for compensation

explain that you were planning on cheating your wife so you will now suffer financial loss and hence the compensation

bigadaj

CLAPTON wrote: »

probably yes

you can write and ask for compensation

explain that you were planning on cheating your wife so you will now suffer financial loss and hence the compensation

Harsh but possibly not incorrect.

dunstonh

Clapton was correct. See duplicate thread.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4065065

grazzzz

So i have spoken to the ICO who advise me that a breach of my personal info was committed and to discuss this first with the company !
Rang them yesterday the managing director contacted me back ! he admitted it wasn't correct to give my details over to a third party however in his companies defense the info he had been given about our circumstances was that we had a "linked account as we had many years ago bought joint life insurance so his advisor presumed it was ok to talk to my ex about my personal pension and thinks his company has been decieved by her as she should have told them we are nearly divorced .
Do you think this is a normal practise would you talk about someones affairs you had never met to a third party !
As an example
i still have a joint account at barclays which both of us pay money into just to pay the household bills as currently due to my illness we unfortunetly still live in the same house until its sold however i have 2 other accounts with barclays which are solely mine just because we had a linked account doesnt mean she can access the other 2 accounts at the bank surely the same principle applies !
Remember i have never spoken to this company before i got the phonecall to say he had reviewed my pensions after the initial meeting with my ex without my permision and before that i had had no contact with my original financial advisor for 5 years (this company brought his cient list when he retired)
Yet this guy came to my house discussed my pensions with her and left her 2 up to date statements !
so what should i do next ?