Three-year-old member of the Royal Family is included on a bank 'blacklist'

A 3-year-old member of the Royal Household has been included on a listing the world's greatest banks use to determine terrorists and potential cash launderers.

The World-Test record additionally contains 1000's of individuals simply because they're associated to minor public figures, in response to evaluation by The Occasions.

The database incorporates particulars about these suspected of being concerned in terrorism, organised crime and cash laundering, as a part of efforts to fight monetary crime.

Entry is meant to be restricted underneath European privateness legal guidelines, however a replica leaked on-line this summer time exhibits it has grown to incorporate greater than two million information.

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The record is alleged to incorporate Maud Windsor (proper), the daughter of Lord Freddie Windsor and the actress Sophie Winkleman (left)

That is stated to incorporate the itemizing of Maud Windsor, the daughter of Lord Freddie Windsor and the actress Sophie Winkleman, who was simply 9 months previous when she was listed on the database.

Ms Windsor is 42nd in line to the throne, with Lord Freddie the one son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

These on the World-Test record can face additional scrutiny from banks and even have functions for financial institution accounts and mortgages rejected.

This mid-2014 model of the database incorporates some 2.2 million information and is utilized by 49 of the world's 50 largest banks, together with 300 authorities and intelligence companies.

The leaked copy additionally incorporates lots of of individuals based mostly partly on unverified weblog posts and extremist web sites, in response to The Occasions.

Sir Neil Cossons, a historian and the previous chairman of English Heritage, is one other stated to seem on the record.

Sir Neil Cossons, a historian and the previous chairman of English Heritage, is one other stated to seem on the record

He instructed the newspaper: 'I've by no means been concerned in any get together political actions nor in cash laundering.

'I'm most involved to have been recognized in any capability on World-Test.'

Thomson Reuters, the media firm which maintains World-Test, doesn't inform folks they're on the record, whereas banks haven't any obligation to tell clients of why they've been refused companies.

David Crundwell, world head of company affairs at Thomson Reuters, stated World-Test was simply one among a number of companies the place it aggregated monetary crime knowledge from the general public area.

He added: 'World-Test additionally collates regulation enforcement, regulatory enforcement and different publicly obtainable info from respected sources in an effort to assist purchasers adjust to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws.

'Clients can then use this knowledge to observe their very own regulatory compliance insurance policies and procedures.

'Information safety legal guidelines and laws governing World-Test stop us from discussing any particular particular person profile.

'World-Test has a transparent privateness assertion obtainable on its web site which additionally units out how any particular person can contact us in the event that they imagine any of the data held is inaccurate, and we might urge them to take action.'

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