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Article: Council slammed over bank details blunder.
- Article from:
- Batley News (Batley, England)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2007
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A BATLEY woman's solicitor has slammed the council for accidentally sending her bank details to a stranger.
Mohammed Ayub, of Chambers Solicitors in Bradford, said his client was outraged when she received a phone call from the council's revenues and benefits service telling her of the mistake.
She was informed last week the service had accidentally included details of her banking arrangements made for council tax and business rate payments in a letter to someone else.
A council spokeswoman confirmed that the woman, who wishes to stay anonymous, was one of 171 customers affected. Officers had printed the letters back to back, resulting in 85 ...