Yeah, this is 2-3 days old now, but I always forget to cross post stuff from the forums onto the front page. My apologies and here it is for those who missed it.

Back in November, two computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million UK residents went missing. Clarkson though was unconvinced that all of the hype over the ordeal was justified, so to prove a point, he published his personal banking account numbers in one of his recent newspaper columns.

Unsurprisingly, someone took those numbers and stole some money from his account by setting up a reoccurring donation of £500 a month to the British Diabetic Association, a legitimate charity.

Back in November, the Government lost two computer discs containing half the population’s bank details.

Everyone worked themselves into a right old lather about the mistake but I argued we should all calm down because the details in question are to be found on every cheque we hand out every day to every Tom, Dick and cash and carry.

To hammer the point home I even printed my own bank account number and sort code.

And guess what? I opened my bank statement this morning to find out that someone has set up a direct debit which automatically takes £500 from my account.

The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again.

I was wrong and I have been punished for my mistake.

Oh Jeremy. Tsk tsk.

[Sources: The Daily Mail, BBC News, Telegraph]