aviva selling details after accident

AdrianC

InsideInsurance wrote: »

I get those despite never been insured by Aviva nor having been involved in any RTAs

Doesn't everybody?

The_Groat_Counter

scotsbob wrote: »

Interestingly there has been a lot of discussion this week, on the discussion forum, about the NHS wanting to sell patient information to insurance companies. The government, NHS and insurance companies all argue that everything will be treated in strict confidence.

So that's OK then.

That's rather a misrepresentation of the "care.data" plans - the idea is that 'pseudonymised' healthcare data will be available to researchers (not sold to insurance companies).

Read more here on the BBC News website:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26259101

Watch an interview with someone who's in favour of data sharing (not a pharmaceuticals company person):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26285061

InsideInsurance

AdrianC wrote: »

Doesn't everybody?

Exactly my point

AdrianC

The_Groat_Counter wrote: »

That's rather a misrepresentation of the "care.data" plans - the idea is that 'pseudonymised' healthcare data will be available to researchers (not sold to insurance companies).

Read more here on the BBC News website:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26259101

Watch an interview with someone who's in favour of data sharing (not a pharmaceuticals company person):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26285061

I find it gobsmacking that, in 2014, the primary repository of your healthcare data is a wodge of bits of paper shoved into a cardboard folder, and wedged into a shelf with a few thousand similar dog-eared folders...

...and what's even more astonishing to me is that people not only find this acceptable, but are getting exercised about the prospect of it changing!

tir21

Spoke to aviva today and they so they have no plans to pay any compensation for the inconvenience caused

Mark_Mark

tir21 wrote: »

Spoke to aviva today and they so they have no plans to pay any compensation for the inconvenience caused

That's good as they wont have an easy excuse to increase your premium.;):D:T

tir21

Mark_Mark wrote: »

That's good as they wont have an easy excuse to increase your premium.;):D:T

I wont be staying anyway

andygb

This is IMO the ever present risk when you deal with insurance companies/ISP companies based in India - you are leaving yourself open to a BIG RISK.
The employees IMO are open to corruption at the earliest opportunity, and will think nothing of passing on your personal details to anyone who promises to reimburse them accordingly.

doubledeclutch

We have stopped counting after in excess of 300 phone calls at all times of day and night, some of them rude or abusive. On top of that many many text messages.
All because of an accident in which there were NO injuries over 15 months ago, in fact my partner is on the phone to one now !
Yes I believe we do deserve compensating over this, especially based on what other people get paid out for these days.

neilmcl

andygb wrote: »

This is IMO the ever present risk when you deal with insurance companies/ISP companies based in India - you are leaving yourself open to a BIG RISK.
The employees IMO are open to corruption at the earliest opportunity, and will think nothing of passing on your personal details to anyone who promises to reimburse them accordingly.

Given that the people arrested seem to be in the UK is this at all relevant.