Liverpool in fans' data blunder

Mr Cummins called it a "flagrant disregard for personal data"

Liverpool Football Club has apologised after mistakenly sending the personal details of a group of fans, including credit card details, to a stranger.

Garreth Cummins and his friends filled in an application for tickets for the Champions League final in Moscow.

But the forms, which included passport numbers, addresses and bank details, were sent to another supporter.

The club said the incident, which was brought to light by the recipient, was an "isolated administrative error".

Mr Cummins and his friends were only alerted to the situation when the person who mistakenly received the forms called the men.

Consequences of error

Mr Cummins has called the incident a "flagrant disregard for personal data".

He said: "Given that the ticket office at Anfield regularly handles tens of thousands of individuals' details, it is worrying that so simple and so potentially dangerous a breach could have taken place.

"It is extremely fortunate for all concerned that the member of the public to whom our details were passed decided to contact us.

"The consequences of such information falling into less scrupulous hands does not bear thinking about."

Liverpool FC are urging the man with the forms to return them to the club.

A spokesman stressed that they believed it was an isolated incident.

Fans were invited to apply for tickets for the final should Liverpool overcome Chelsea in the second leg of the semi-final on Wednesday.

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