Security & Compliance · Data PrivacystructuralFintechData Quality

Banks keep mailing another customers correspondence to the wrong address

A non-customer reports repeatedly receiving bank correspondence addressed to a different individual at their home address, despite returning the mail marked not at this address multiple times. This reflects a data hygiene failure where inaccurate address records lead to ongoing disclosure of another persons account information to an unrelated third party.

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