Thread: Barclaycard defending DPA request in court

I received an allocation questionnaire from the court today where Barclaycard is defending their right to charge £3 per copy of their statements.

I cannot see anywhere on the website suggesting what to put on Other information. I don't want my case to be thrown out because of a technicality.

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Try this

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk...ompletion.html

HTH

Originally Posted by ItsMyMoneyGiveItBack

Try this

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk...ompletion.html

HTH

Thanks but my problem is that Barclaycard are not defending a refund claim as such but they are defending their charge to obtain bank statements. I have completed an allocation questionnaire for a refund claim before and I think this website offers fantastic support for that. But I am not sure if it offers similar support for this one.

Below are the details I put on my MCOL claim which is what Barclaycard are contesting. Basically, in their defence they are saying they have given me sufficient information in the context of a "relevant filing system" and they are not obliged to give the data held in microfiche form. They are preapared to give me statements covering the period prior provided I pay £3 per statement. I know, and they know, what I want is not statements but details of charges. This is what I want to make clear in the allocation questionnaire. My fear is that if I repeat the staff in my initial claim the judge may be annoyed and throw my claim out. My apologies if hadn't made it clearer before.

PARTICULARS OF CLAIM
1. The Defendant is a Data Controller within the meaning of the Data Protection Act and is responsible for the processing of data of which the Claimant is a Subject.

2. The Claimant has an account number xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx ("the Account") with the Defendant which was opened on or around [date].

3. On [date] the Claimant sent a Subject access request, pursuant to Section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 to the Defendant.

4. The Defendant has failed to comply.

5. By virtue of the Defendant's failure to comply with the Subject access request the Claimant has suffered damage.

6. The damage caused is:
Extra costs incurred in addition to court costs, due to the Defendants failure to comply - this includes the cost of additional correspondence and time spent preparing documents and seeking legal advice, I estimate this cost to be £20.00

7. The Claimant seeks an order that the Defendant do comply with the Claimant's Subject Access Request

8. Under the terms of Section 15(2) of the Data Protection Act 1998, where the Defendant contests that information requested under the Claimant's Subject Access Request is not included within the scope of Section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Claimant requests that the Court inspects that information, and where it finds that the Defendant's opinion is unfounded, that it orders such information be included within the information supplied to the Claimant under the Subject Access Request.

9. Damages and costs within the discretion of the Court.

[quote=Glenn UK;505324]Nyati

Can you also post the defence, i am finding your comments and questions confused as to exactly what it is that the bank are doing and what you want?

Barclays refused to give me statements prior to May 2004. I filed a claim as advised by this site and used this site's particulars of claim. Barclays have defended (see below) and I do not know how to proceed. Obviously I need to complete the allocation questionnaire and sent it before end of this week, but at the same time Barclays wrote and asked me if I still wanted copy statements. I want them but if I tell them to give me what then happens to the court claim. The court has also sent me a court date 21/02.

Barclays' Defence

1. Save for any admissions made in this defence, the claimant's claim is denied and the claimant put to strict proof.
2. As regards paragraph 1, it is admitted that the defendant is a Data Controller within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998.
3. It is admitted that the claimant has a Barclaycard account with the defendant under number xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx.
4. As regards paragraph 3, it is admitted that the claimant made a Subject access request to the defendant for copies of his account, some of which were dated prior to May 2004. The defendant supplied copies of the statements from May 2004 onwards, for a fee not exceeding the prescribed maximum under the Data Protection Act 1998, of £10. However for the statements dated prior to May 2004, the defendant advised the claimant that a charge of £3.00 was required for each statement, due to such statements not being held in a relevant filing system, within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998.
5. Paragraph 4 is denied and the defendant repeats paragraph 4 herein.
6. Paragraph 5 & 6 are denied and the claimant put to strict proof. It is denied that the claimant has suffered damage and the claimant is put to strict proof as to his alleged loss and steps taken to mitigate the alleged loss and the steps taken to mitigate the alleged loss. The Defendant will contend that it complied with the Claimant's Subject access request as referred to in Paragraph 4 above and is willing to supply copies of the statements dated prior to May 2004, upon payment by the claimant of the required fee. The defendant will contend that in the circumstances it is not liable for the extra costs, which it notes has not been pleaded by the claimant, as alleged or at all, and the claimant is not entitled to such alleged costs.
7. Paragraph 7 is denied and the defendant will contend that it has complied with the claimant's subject access request as set out in paragraph 4 above. The defendant will contend that, if by paragraph 7a of the claim, the claimant is requesting copies of relevant information prior to May 2004, then upon payment of the required fee the defendant will supply such information. As regards paragraph 7b the defendant will contend that it requires clarification of the information sought by the claimant.
8. Paragraph 8 is denied and the defendant will contend that the claimant is not entitled to damages and costs as alleged or at all. The amount claimed of £[less than £30] is denied and the claimant put to strict proof.

I followed the step by step guide of the litigation process and info on other threads. I just did what most people said they had done up to the point I am at.

I only received statements from May 2004 to date. I have got no other data from them except that.

I have seen the letter from the Information Commissioner and I was thinking I could use some bits of what it says on the allocation questionnaire. I think I saw a letter someone wrote to Barclays (or another bank I can't remember) quoting bits from the information commissioner's letter.

Could i also do that?

It's due in by the 29th of January.

Thanks for all your help.