Former NatWest CEO Breached Nigel Farage’s Data Protection Rights, Watchdog Finds

The watchdog ruled Dame Alison Rose ’should not have' shared information with the BBC, but didn’t take further action because the CEO has resigned.

Former NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose in an undated file photo. Nick Ansell/PA

Dame Alison Rose broke data protection rules when she spoke to the BBC after Nigel Farage’s bank account was shut down, the information watchdog has found.

The former CEO of NatWest resigned in July after she admitted to being the source of an inaccurate BBC story about why Coutts, a private bank owned by the NatWest Group, had closed Mr. Farage’s account.