Universal Credit Review - data protection breach!

Really good to hear lawyers are getting involved with the above posters case. I am also seeking legal advice. What their doing is coersive in my opinion. I have spoken to the ICO and their far from impressed by whats going on, whether they will act appropriately remains to be seen.

My understyanding is 'UC guidance' does NOT require:• merchant names• transaction descriptions• account numbers• BIC/IBAN• card numbers• personal spending details. Unless, maybe fraud is suspected and if so, they should inform the claimant. I Obscured only what is NOT required

For anyone interested, the DWP’s own internal training manual on capital (UC07GEN) was released under FOI. It explains 'what staff are trained to check when verifying capital.' It does NOT require personal spending details, merchant names, or transaction descriptions.

You can find it here:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/universal_credit_training_manual

That manual is dated July 2021.

These "compliance checks" started up a few years later.

So that particular manual might not be used to guide these checks. There might be something else which does allow them to ask the level of detail that they do. Or not 🤷🏼‍♀️