Fears over bank access to student information

PARENTS have expressed concern over schools passing on information about students to banks or other financial institutions.

The Congress of Catholic Secondary School Parent Associations (CSPA) complained that personal information is being given to banks when they seek confirmation of details from students opening accounts.

CSPA spokeswoman Barbara Johnston said the Data Protection Act precludes schools from enabling information about students being passed to a third party in any way without parental consent.