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# Identity Taunt Backfires for Clarkson
- URL: https://toodlepip.co.uk/blog-2008-01-identity-taunt-backfires-clarkson/
- Published: 2008-01-07T19:17:22.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-22T15:29:59.000Z
- Author: Sam Michel
- Tags: Cantankerism, clarkson, identity theft, privacy, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-23 15:06

[](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm?ref=toodlepip.co.uk)Along with everyone else in the new medjia biz, I’m [predicting](http://www.chinwag.com/blogs/sam-michel/2008-predict-thon?ref=toodlepip.co.uk) that privacy and identity are going to be hot potatoes this year. So, it was with a wry grin that I was pointed in the direction of [this story](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm?ref=toodlepip.co.uk) from the bombastic Mr Clarkson.

Suffice to say, posting your bank account number and sort code in a national newspaper and taunting identity thieves is probably not the wisest move. Still fair play for admitting the blooper.