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I'm feeling frustrated and ready to start bitchslapping various people with the Data Protection Act.

So I went to the o2 shop yesterday to see if I could get a contract phone, but they refused me because apparently my credit rating isn't good enough.

My credit rating is presumably poor because I have an International Student Account and I had ONE cheque bounce ONCE (although I can't know for certain because it costs £16 to get a copy of your credit rating from Equifax and they don't have real people to talk to on the phone).

So I phoned o2 to ask why my credit application was rejected, and they said they can't tell me why because that would breach the Data Protection Act (even though it's data about ME which I thought I was entitled to).

But now that I've been in the UK for over three years I'm entitled to a Normal Student bank account with an overdraft and credit card which will improve my credit rating.

But to get one of those I need a student statement from the University saying I'm still a student. I've been asking Student Records for one of these for several months now.

It's. Not. Difficult.