MGF wrote:Do you actually have an example of this because I was unaware DVLA were disclosing details for marketing purposes?
My only specific example is myself. The DVLA confirmed to me that they "may" have sold my personal details to third parties who "might" have used it for marketing purposes and that they were unable to comply with my request not to do so in the future. Paisley Sherrif court took the view that the law required that they did comply with my request and granted an interdict agaisnt the Secretary of State.
This led to them changing their policy to allow individuals to ask them to not sell such data.
The DVLA's data policy can be found here
The relevant passages are
The DVLA"
DVLA holds both personal and non-personal information on a variety of databases and
information stores which are critical to the key business operational areas, together with
systems which support legal, correspondence, customer service, marketing, personnel, policy,
and related areas.
.....
We are committed to providing the best and most efficient service to our customers. We may
share personal information within our organisation or with other bodies where it would not be
inconsistent with the purposes for which we collected it, and/or where we are required or
permitted to do so by law.
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It is unlawful to do this without express consent from the individual.
Can you point me in the direction of the relevant statute or legal rulingas it is certainly not in the Data Protection Act and is news to the Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioners interpretation of the law is that the only statutory requirements is to stop doing for marketing if asked (Sect 11). Anything else is simply part of the IC's best practice guidelines that are in no way legally binding.