Are the Banks reading these threads?

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Odd that bank staff are also doing this; aren't they required to have an account with the bank they work for, and be paid into that? Aren't they severely disciplined and/or fired if they go into the red?

 

So why would bank employees even be GETTING charges?

 

But still, good to hear that the shop floor staff agree with us and support us, despite the official claptrap they have to send us back in the post!!

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Hey I'm all for everyone getting their charges back - no problems for you here.

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Maybelline; bank employees are usually permitted join at the discretion of the admin team... if they ask permission. However the Banks themselves are specifically excluded from joining as the forum rules exclude them. Unfortunately there's nothing to stop them READING the forum... as it's an open forum to get the maximum publicity. The terms and conditions of the site make it quite clear that for bank staff to enter this site is a breach of the Computer Misuse Act. In this way the banks cannot take anything they see here into court or into their negotiations with us... EVEN if they employ someone specially to read it, he can do nothing with what he finds here.

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(a) They are accessing data, but is it classed as 'data held in any computer'? I think a publicly accessible message board would not be included under that umbrella.

 

"Publicly Accessible" except that particular sections of humanity are specifically excluded in the authorising document. Just because you can see it clearly does not authorise you to look.

 

(b) Simply by you putting it in the T&Cs probably doesn't mean that it is really unauthorised. I would argue that it's a public message board, for anyone to read and have access to the data within. It could also be argued that the T&Cs only apply to members, so if a bank were to read the board without posting then it probably hasn't breached your rules anyway.

 

The Terms and Conditions are very clearly those of the website. They are directed at "users" of the website... which includes members, guests, admins, anyone.

 

© If banks do come across the site, but don't register, then in all probability they will not even read the T&Cs, so they may not know that you think their access is unauthorised. I may have this wrong, but doesn't it say that members should read the rules before posting?

 

Ignorance is no defence whatever to a breach of the Law. Never has been, never will be. Banks know this.

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WBF - what we're against is representatives of the bank acting in their official capacity using the information they find on this site either to influence their dealings with us or to influence the court's dealings with us during litigation.

 

People who happen to be paid by the banks, using this site for its legitimate purpose are more than welcome as long as they get the relevant permission from the site owners.