Insurance Broking Practice and the Law
Chapter 23
DATA PROTECTION ISSUES
INTRODUCTION
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The volume of information, and in particular information that relates to living individuals, that insurers and insurance brokers deal with on a daily basis has increased exponentially over the past decade. In addition, following the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and Data Protection Act 2018 (“2018 Act”), the level of requirements which insurers and insurance brokers must comply with has equally grown exponentially.