Today it was reported in the news that an IT specialist had unwittingly bought a computer for £35.00 on ebay, the hard drive of which contained thousands of bank account details, mobile phone numbers and addresses. Luckily it fell into honest hands. But for the grace of God it could have been otherwise thus - and then what might have happened? It scarcely bears thinking about. In fact the whole episode seriously raises a question mark over whether or not we should trust the banks with our personal data if there is the remotest likelihood of its security being compromised in such a way.