Privacy and Consent – pt5 – Time for a New Mindset?
Consent may at first sight seem a rather foreign term for the business world to
spend time considering. That’s…
Duncan Minty
Duncan has been researching and writing about ethics in insurance for over 20 years. As a Chartered Insurance Practitioner, he combines market knowledge with a strong and independent radar on ethics.
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Privacy, identification and the challenges insurers face
Insurers have always needed to know something about us in order to assess the
risk we’re seeking insurance for.…
Privacy, identification and the need to know: who decides?
In this second of three posts about privacy and identification, I’ll look at how
identification can also encompass how…
Privacy and Identification – pt4 – we all like to put our best side forward
Our personal identify is perhaps our most treasured possession. It defines who
we are and reflects how we want others…
Privacy and Surveillance – pt3 – insurers need some mutual self insurance
In my preceeding post
[https://www.ethicsandinsurance.info/2012/11/14/privacy-surveillance-pt3-balancing-act/]
about the privacy issues thrown up by surveillance,…
Privacy and Surveillance – pt3 – a balancing act
Being watched can be unsettling for many people. In certain circumstances, it
can heighten feelings of vulnerability and even lead…
Privacy and Secondary Use pt2: referral fees and slippery slopes
Secondary use has been a problematic ethical issue for insurers. On the one
hand, insurers reply on information from the…
Privacy and Secondary Use : pt1 : Context, consent and control
We all prefer to exercise some control over what information we divulge about
ourselves and the uses to which that…
Privacy and Aggregation pt2 – ethical challenges for claims managers
In yesterday’s post, I outlined why the public have ethical issues with the
aggregation of data. In this second…