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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN1396525 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Wed Mar 02deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Data and privacy

In the Ombudsman’s words

NatWest said it was truly sorry for the trouble it had caused Mr M. It explained it couldn’t give Mr M the letters his ex-wife had written to it, as he wanted, because it would breach the bank’s duty of confidentiality to her.Data and privacy

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN1396525.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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