Clause 38 - Disclosure to foreign authorities of licensing and registration information
Road Safety Bill
5:15 pm
Mr Christopher Chope (Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport; Christchurch, Conservative)
Does the provision deal with protection from data being leaked by foreign organisations? As I understand it, the rationale is that, because the DVLA is registered as a data controller, it could pass such data on to foreign organisations. What protection does the British driver have against the misuse of information, in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK, by a foreign body that has been given information by the DVLA?
The Minister listed the original signatories to the agreement. It is significant that France, Spain, Italy and Germany—the big boys in European road transport—were not included. When does he expect to enter into agreements with those countries so that we can get access to information from them about their vehicles and their drivers?