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Hello I sent a SAR to experian to enable me to have a look at what has been going on with my credit report.
In 2002 my credit file was squeaky clean and everybody loved me and offered me money
Of course in 2006 the poop hit the fan scenario happened and the rest is history.
I do know that there has been activity on this file, creditors changing, dca appearing, accounts disappearing within the last year or so.
Mbna searched the account countless times.
Now I do subscribe to experian on a monthy basis to enable me to keep me up to speed with this lot. But when you view your account, I only tells you your current status.
Their response to my SAR was to send me my current file (the one you can get for £2).
Of course I sent a dpa non-compliance letter by e-mail twice 1 week apart. So after 70days they sent me this as their response.
Yes well according to Experian this is all the have to provide
Eventually received a response today regarding my 2 non compliance letters to them
Dear you
Thank you for your recent emails
I note your comments regarding your wait for your SAR and would advise that we provided all of this information in my letter of blah, blah
firstly I can confirm that there is noting within the data protection Act 1998 that pertains to the provision of data held over the last six years.. A Company is simply obliged to send all the information it holds about the requestor, regardless of how long they retain that data.
I will endeavour to answer your subsequent queries in the order in which they were asked.
1) We have provide you with all of the information that we hold about you, as required. I was unable to locate any credit reports from 2002, however if you can provide me with the reference number I will see if this report is still on our records.
2) We can only supply you with the information that we currently hold. We are only required to provide you with this information and coannot provide information which we no longer hold.
3) Previous searches are included in a sar if we have record of them. If these searches were made in the last 12 months, they will appear in your credit report. Any searches older that this which we have rocord of would have appeared in the 'archived Information' section of your sar that was sent to you on blah blah, however, we have no information relating to this.
So there you have it straight from the horse's mouth.
Wonder what the ico will have to say about this then
Comments appreciated
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In 2002 my credit file was squeaky clean and everybody loved me and offered me money
Of course in 2006 the poop hit the fan scenario happened and the rest is history.I do know that there has been activity on this file, creditors changing, dca appearing, accounts disappearing within the last year or so.
Mbna searched the account countless times.
Now I do subscribe to experian on a monthy basis to enable me to keep me up to speed with this lot. But when you view your account, I only tells you your current status.
Their response to my SAR was to send me my current file (the one you can get for £2).
Of course I sent a dpa non-compliance letter by e-mail twice 1 week apart. So after 70days they sent me this as their response.
Yes well according to Experian this is all the have to provide
Eventually received a response today regarding my 2 non compliance letters to them
Dear you
Thank you for your recent emails
I note your comments regarding your wait for your SAR and would advise that we provided all of this information in my letter of blah, blah
firstly I can confirm that there is noting within the data protection Act 1998 that pertains to the provision of data held over the last six years.. A Company is simply obliged to send all the information it holds about the requestor, regardless of how long they retain that data.
I will endeavour to answer your subsequent queries in the order in which they were asked.
1) We have provide you with all of the information that we hold about you, as required. I was unable to locate any credit reports from 2002, however if you can provide me with the reference number I will see if this report is still on our records.
2) We can only supply you with the information that we currently hold. We are only required to provide you with this information and coannot provide information which we no longer hold.
3) Previous searches are included in a sar if we have record of them. If these searches were made in the last 12 months, they will appear in your credit report. Any searches older that this which we have rocord of would have appeared in the 'archived Information' section of your sar that was sent to you on blah blah, however, we have no information relating to this.
So there you have it straight from the horse's mouth.
Wonder what the ico will have to say about this then
Comments appreciated
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