Central Bank apologises for error which could impact borrowers' credit ratings 

An investigation has been launched to establish whether any borrowers were impacted

The Central Bank said that the payment records were erroneously retained from May, June, and July 2018 when they should have been deleted, which could impact people's credit rating. 

The Central Bank of Ireland has apologised after an error in its systems resulted in borrower information being stored on its Central Credit Register (CCR) for longer than it should have potentially impacting over 20,000 people's credit rating. 

The Central Bank said borrowers’ data has not been compromised or accessed by any unauthorised third parties as a consequence of this error but it does constitute a data breach and as a result, it has reported itself to the Data Protection Commissioner.