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UK: ICO decides against probe of Santander email spam scammers

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dissent

John Leyden reports:

Santander customers say they are continuing to be deluged with Trojans and other junk to email addresses exclusively used with the bank months after the problem first surfaced back in November.

At least two Reg readers have put in complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office. But the data privacy watchdog told us that it has “insufficient evidence” to proceed with an inquiry.

The bank said it was investigating the complaints back in December amidst fears of an email database leak either at the bank or (more likely) one of its third-party marketing affiliate partners. Santander has not responded to repeated requests fromEl Reg for an update on its inquiry.

Read more on The Register.

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