It may have escaped your notice somehow but towards the end of last year we had some trouble with personal data going missing here in the UK. Why low-ranking people had access to all of this information and why it was transmitted unencrypted and using unregistered mail is a discussion for another time.
I was of the same opinion as Jeremy Clarkson in that there wasn’t much that an identity thief could do should they get hold of my bank account number and sort code other than altruistically deposit money into my account.
I must follow suit again and admit to being wrong too. However I doubt that I would publish my bank account details in a national newspaper.
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