Friday 6 March 2009

Clause 152 of the draft Coroners and Justice Bill

The information sharing provisions in the draft Coroners and Justice Bill are very worrying. They include some very wide provisions which give me a great deal of concern regarding data protection in particular, Clause 152 which allows any Minister by order to take any information gathered for one purpose from anywhere, and use it for any other purpose without consent or proper oversight.

This type of provision is neither appropriate not necessary and combined with the public sector's appalling record regarding keeping our data secure I think this is very worrying.

Have a look at the Open Rights Group site if you would like to know more or how to try to block these provisions.

No comments: