Data Protection the DVLA Way

[kiptower]

have we heard this before ?

Just don't ask awkward questions

Data Protection the DVLA Way • The Register

[crem]

..and undoubtedly sod all with come of this as usual when the DVLA are involved.

[patdavies]

DVLA have an S.29 exemption for processing data (which includes passing it to third parties)

Data Protection Act 1998 S.29

29 Crime and taxation

(1) Personal data processed for any of the following purposes—
(a) the prevention or detection of crime,
(b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or
(c) the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any imposition of a similar nature,
are exempt from the first data protection principle (except to the extent to which it requires compliance with the conditions in Schedules 2 and 3) and section 7 in any case to the extent to which the application of those provisions to the data would be likely to prejudice any of the matters mentioned in this subsection.

[sickpup]

That story is about me. Hopefully I will be posting a full on release about that story in the next couple of days.