Question juridique clé
Whether the insurer’s letter to Ofac constituted an unlawful communication of personal data under the Data Protection Act.
Solution extraite
No. The insurer merely replied to the pharmacy cooperative’s reimbursement request and did not disclose new personal data; therefore no unlawful data processing occurred.
Motifs extraits
The cooperative had already supplied the relevant prescription data. The insurer’s statement that two medicines would not be covered because they were unrelated to the insured condition did not add sensitive information or amount to a communication within the meaning of the Act.