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Story: Companies warned over corporate identity theft

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Some banks have been guilty of releasing data to third parties that they have retained to carry out surveys on their behalf.

This in itself is a breach of the Data Protection Act and is indicative of the attitude shown by some organisations keen to make profit from information held by them.

Any organisation which "sells" a service based on the premise of being a "secure" online process, has a duty of care to ensure that the user is instructed on how to use it securely and protect their interests.

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