Hitachi Capital (UK) Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3294410 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

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Thu Mar 24deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Data and privacy

In the Ombudsman’s words

Hitachi acknowledges that it should not have sent Mr T’s finance agreement to Mr S. In doing so, it was in breach of data protection legislationData and privacy

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3294410.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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