Tracing a car after an accident , privacy law question.

[W124Bob]

Interesting question arises after watching the most recent "Harry's Farm" vlog, someone takes out a stone wall and gate. Harry Metcalfe contacts the police and recovery company for the details for his insurance claim, they apparently can't give out the details because of new privacy laws. So is this correct or the law of unintended circumstance.

[Eyersey1234]

I'm no legal expert but I would have thought a situation like that would be exempt from data protection.

[krisdelta]

Made up nonsense by recovery company I'd suggest

GDPR (the presumed new "privacy law") doesn't trump disclosure obligations, likewise "right to be forgotten" doesn't trump regulatory or contractual retention requirements.

[anonymous-user]

Here are the seven key principles...

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data...

As soon as people hear GDPR, they get their knickers in a twist without actually knowing what it's about.

[BertBert]

You'd imagine that the police and recovery company are in very different places wrt GDPR in this case.

How would the recovery company be in a place to determine that you had a right to the data for the valid purposes of a third party claim?

Whereas the Police will have a mechanism via the information they had collected (the details of where the accident took place and what third party property was damaged for example) to determine whether you should be the recipient of the info or not.

Bert

[4rephill]

Surely if the Police refuse to release the drivers information to Harry Metcalfe (rightly or wrongly), all he needs to do is contact his insurance company, give them the police contact details, and they should be able to get the driver's details directly?