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Originally Posted by goofyballer
Question:
I'm acting as a guarantor for a loan, and submitted a form w/ personal financial details to a bank. To make sure it was handled securely (as the form has enough details to steal my identity), I physically took the form into the bank branch.
The person receiving the loan just contacted me to let me know that the person they're working with at the bank emailed them the ****ing form as a PDF attachment. I trust this person, but obviously having that form be sent over email is worrying. So:
1. Is it likely that emails traveling over the tubes can/will be hijacked easily by nefarious parties for sensitive personal data? and,
2. Do I have any recourse (legal or otherwise) for the negligence of this ****ing moron at the bank?
All the most sensitive stuff in legal cases is sent over email all the time. I think it's fine via standard pipes, maybe not on an open wifi.
Though, on second thought, your issue is likely sharing your info and such with the person getting the loan. You can ***** at the person who sent and ask them to explain the bank's policy on sharing guarantor info. They may have a decent answer or they may not. You best case scenario would be getting them fired, which is probably a dick thing to do.
Just sending a nasty email and asking them to explain themselves is more than enough to teach the lesson.
Last edited by simplicitus; 07-05-2018 at 06:41 AM.