Data commissioner demands report on documents

THE Data Protection Commissioner has demanded a report from AIB on the issues raised by Thursday’s discovery of confidential documents near the village of Glounthaune in east Cork.

AIB informed the commissioner’s office on Thursday evening about the excavated files, as moves were made to secure the site of the former landfill in Killacloyne.

Data Protection Commissioner spokesman Diarmuid Hallinan said that it was “a matter of concern” for people “from a privacy perspective” and that they were seeking a report from the bank.