Barclays to pay out £250 each to 2,000 customers after losing personal data

Sooraj Shah
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Bank will fork our half a million pounds in compensation after losing a USB stick with personal data on it

Barclays is to fork out half a million pounds in compensation after losing a USB stick containing personal data of about 2,000 of its customers. The bank has now written to the customers affecte...

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