(NL Times) On the day of a terrorist attack on a tram in Utrecht, seven bank employees looked up the details of the suspected terrorist in the bank systems, thereby violating the bankers’ oath. The Banks Disciplinary Commission on Tuesday decided not to punish them for this, because of the special circumstances involved, RTV Utrecht reports.
After the attack on 18 March 2019, the police spread suspect Gokmen T.’s full name and age in an attempt to track him down. The seven bank employees looked him up on their bank’s systems, to find his address. According to the bankers’ oath, bank employees are not allowed to just access customers’ personal information.
