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Data Breach

Niall - Dahlia · 2017-08-11 15:13:39

I recently emailed my local credit union to discuss loan repayments. They somehow managed to reply to this email to another person's email address, who informed them they were not the intended recipient. The email contained my full name, membership number, phone number, details of my existing CU loan and shares, and a scan…

11-08-2017 4:13pm

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Niall - Dahlia

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I recently emailed my local credit union to discuss loan repayments. They somehow managed to reply to this email to another person's email address, who informed them they were not the intended recipient.

The email contained my full name, membership number, phone number, details of my existing CU loan and shares, and a scan of my ICB report, as well as my original inquiry in regard to loan repayments.

I got an email from the CU admitting to the above. Just wondering if I should be in any way worried about this, and if anybody would recommend any additional steps I should take?

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#2 11-08-2017 5:41pm

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You should at least notify the Data Protection Commissioner, if the CU haven't already done so: https://www.dataprotection.ie

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