The UK info regulator has apologised to the previous NatWest chief govt Dame Alison Rose, who resigned after discussing the banking affairs of Nigel Farage with a journalist.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) mentioned its feedback final month – through which the regulator mentioned a NatWest worker shared info when they need to not have achieved, and there have been two privateness breaches – wrongly seemed it investigated the actions of Dame Alison.
“We confirm that we did not investigate Ms Rose’s actions, given that NatWest was the data controller under investigation,” the ICO mentioned.
Instead, solely NatWest’s actions as a knowledge controller have been investigated, quite than Dame Alison, the assertion mentioned.
It added: “Our investigation didn’t discover that Ms Rose breached knowledge safety legislation and we remorse that our assertion seemed that she did…
“…we apologise to Ms Rose for suggesting that we had made a finding that she breached the UK GDPR [general data protection regulation] in respect of Mr Farage when we had not investigated her.”
In its ruling in October, the ICO mentioned there have been two privateness breaches concerned within the disclosure to BBC News enterprise editor Simon Jack.
This enabled him to report Mr Farage now not met the monetary standards to carry an account with Coutts, which is a part of the NatWest Group.
Also included within the apology was the dearth of any remark from Dame Alison. She ought to have been approached for remark, the ICO mentioned.
“We accept that it would have been appropriate in the specific circumstances for us to have given Ms Rose an opportunity to comment on any findings in relation to her role and regret not doing so.”
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