National Westminster Bank Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN1597209 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£500redress stated in the decision

—deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Complaint handling, Data and privacy

In the Ombudsman’s words

The bank decided, on a balance of probabilities, that it might have disclosed information to Mr S. It therefore made an offer of £500 for the distress and inconvenience caused.Complaint handling

disclosed information about his personal financial situation to a business contactData and privacy

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN1597209.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.