Global Economic Crash

Jamie Wilson finds that all personal data can be had - for a modest consideration. We meet in a small and anonymous Italian restaurant just off Bond Street in central London. At a table in the corner, tucked away behind plastic plants, we talk business. "Target?" I hand him an embossed business card with a name, a company, and two telephone numbers printed on it. He places it on the table in front of him, takes a sip from a glass of beer and turns towards me. "So," he asks slowly. "What product do you want?"

We'll start with the mobile phone records and bank details I whisper. If that works out we may want some more later. "There's a mobile number here so that shouldn't be too much of a problem," he says examining the business card. "Bank details. Do you have any?"