This would not be the case with third party liability insurance (which accounts
for a large number of cases a year for us). For example where a member of the
public makes a claim against the authority. The Authority would claim from its
own liability insurance but would have to pass on details of the member of the
public. Obviously the claimant would be informed about this but would it be
seen as informing the claimant if this was done via their solicitor?
Charles Prescott (19/01/01 6:52 pm):
>Shouldn't the notification, and prior consent, be in the insurance policy or
other document presented to the individual at the time the take out the
insurance? If it is sensitive information, a signature providing proof of the
consent may be necessary.
>
>Neil Chadwick wrote:
>
>> Our insurance manager tells me that we often receive claims from members of
the public or staff via their soliciter. In order to process these we need to
exchange sensitive personal data with a number of organisations (medical,
insurance companies etc.). To fully comply with the first principle we would
have to inform the data subject of these disclosures.
>>
>> If we inform the data subject's soliciter of these disclosures as the
soliciter is representing the subject have our obligations been met or do we
have to inform the data subject directly?
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Neil
>>
>> ___________________________
>> Neil Chadwick
>> Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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