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Jackson Review

Asked if the Government was falling short of the recommendations for a total ban on referral payments, set out in the Jackson review, the PMS pointed them to the Ministry of Justice for a response.

Asked if the Government was happy that the insurance industry was colluding with police and others to sell on personal details, the PMS pointed out that police selling on details was illegal. There wasn’t sufficient evidence to support Jackson’s recommendation on the issue of commercial organisations passing on details, but the Department continued to look at it.

Asked if the Information Commission should investigate as a data protection issue, the PMS said that the law applied to everyone, including the police. A lot of the information was being passed on legally by commercial organisations, after consent had been given by an individual signing a contract. Asked if it was fair that an individual could unknowingly give consent by ticking a box after a crash, the PMS said that this was the issue that the Department were looking into.

Asked if it was a good thing that the Department were still looking at this, the PMS responded that at the time of the Jackson Review there was not sufficient evidence to support a change. A review by the Legal Services Board had supported that judgement but the Department continued to look at the issue.

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