Tom Bowden wrote:
The chances for misuse are also greater. Employers could use the information to exclude applicants for employment due to medical history, and insurers to refuse insurance to those who are sick or have genetic predisposition to illness.
The above processes are already under way here. About 4 weeks ago I was run into from behind on my way home from work. When I rang my MVA insurer the following day their usual set of questions proceeded until I was asked to detail the prescribed medication I was taking.
I told them that it was none of their business and and that the request was unreasonable as there was no chance I'd be seen to be in the wrong - the car two behind me ran into the guy behind me, who was pushed into my car - so I refused as I saw it as being an unreasonable and intrusive request. After much debate with the 'supervisor' the best I could argue them down to was a letter from my GP, saying nothing I was taking would affect my driving, which it wouldn't.
I then found I could make a claim directly against the insurer of the driver in the wrong and I'm doing this, side-stepping my insurer. Once the car is fixed, I'm changing insurer.
I rang the National Privacy Hotline and spoke to a guy who basically said they couldn't help and was totally disinterested. His only comment was that insurance companies do these sorts of things.
So Tom it seems we've found a point of agreement. Greg -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
