Why the European Parliament view of “data subject consent” should be supported.
I have been rather ambivalent about the debate about consent in the Directive 95/46/EC and the proposed replacement Regulation (if it happens). However the antics of the Insurance Industry in the UK in relation to subject access have convinced me that the European Parliament’s approach towards consent needs supporting. So what has the Insurance Industry done to deserve reproach? Well it has continued with its practice of asking, when needed, the data subject to consent to subject access to their




