My online banking stopped working with Safari. Known problem, apparently. I just tried logging in, got the error page, and recycled back to the front page only to discover that there's now a separate link for people using Safari to follow ( Read more... )

I've finally given in and run up Firefox on the Mac.

Why?

Because I can no longer access either my online banking or my motor tax renewal forms with Safari. Who'd have thought I'd be driven to open-source technology by a bank and local government?

Bank of Ireland Life Online, but without the www still goes to a domain control/placeholder page. Seriously. Who let these people near the Internet?

Bank of Ireland, once again: http://bankofirelandlifeonline.ie/ currently redirects to a placeholder page with the text, "we've just hosted our site with irishdomains.com but we haven't moved in yet.". Add a www in there and you get the Bank of Ireland Life site you'd have expected. ( Read more... )

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BoI steals candy from babies, sort of.

The VFI are still the same bunch of misanthropes as the last time I checked: they're expected to criticise proposals to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers, because let's face it, people should be allowed drink and drive, nanny state, our own business, etc. etc. etc ( Read more... )

Last week, the bank said that medical records, bank account details, names, addresses and dates of birth of 10,000 customers were on the laptops ( Read more... )

"Bank of Ireland apologises to customers and is committed to moving as quickly as possible to allay the concerns of affected customers," the company said in a statement last night. (link)
Indeed. Moving as quickly as possible by not saying anything for months (the laptops were stolen over a period between June and October last year ( Read more... )

Bank of Ireland - my bank - have lost 4 laptops containing information on 10,000 customers. No, that's not right. They lost the laptops last year and only reported the loss on Friday. A cursory glance at the Data Protection Commissioner's website doesn't reveal any requirements for disclosing this sort of breach, mind you.