Data ruling may force vulture funds to reveal price they paid for mortgages

Ruling could allow homeowners find out what funds paid to buy their mortgages

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon, who ruled that Nama  must  provide builders Michael and John O’Flynn with personal information it holds on them. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon, who ruled that Nama must provide builders Michael and John O’Flynn with personal information it holds on them. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

A data-protection ruling involving State assets agency Nama could force vulture funds to tell homeowners how much they paid to buy their mortgages, one expert says.

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon ruled this week that the agency had to provide builders Michael and John O’Flynn with personal information that it holds on the pair.

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