This is a typical stance on how not to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Make sure you complain and tell
Halifax
a copy of their letter is on its way to the Information Commissioners Office.
A relevant filing system will include anything that refers to you and your data by your name, your account number, your loan reference number, your address, your telephone number, your pin number and any other personal details which link you as a data subject to any record they hold.
If however they hold let's say 10.000 sheets of paper in a filing cabinet and it covers records of 4,826 different people then IMO this is what they is classed as by them as a non relevant filing system.
Question here is how many banks keep records in that format???
several customers private details all mixed up in the same area
so much for data protection.
Keep at them and incidentally microfiche records are classed as a relevant filing system.
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