Chris
Is something horribly out of step here? The Commission consulted on the same thing last autumn and I went to a meeting in Brussels on Thursday last week where they were seeking further information based on the initial responses [1].
If need be I'm happy to send the MoJ with a copy of my paper [2] giving one example of how the current definitions are broken (and this was one of the few things on which there was complete agreement last week). But it seems like they may have missed the boat by about 9 months?
Cheers
Andrew
[1] http://webmedia.company.ja.net/edlabblogs/regulatory-developments/2010/07/02/data-protection-directive-meeting/
[2] http://webmedia.company.ja.net/edlabblogs/regulatory-developments/2010/06/29/pseudonymous-identifiers-and-the-law/
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> Subject: Call for evidence on the data protection legislative framework
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> Got this from the FOI campaign - see
> http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/call-for-evidence-060710.htm
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> This is the UK's consultation document
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> C
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> Dear all,
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> The Ministry of Justice has today published a call for evidence on how
> the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the Data
> Protection Act 1998 are working. The document states:
>
> 2. To negotiate effectively for a new EU data protection instrument,
> the Government needs information about different aspects of the Data
> Protection Act 1998 (DPA), the domestic legislation which transposes
> it. This document is arranged into a number of chapters on those
> issues about which we particularly seek evidence. They are:
>
> A. definitions;
> B. data subjects' rights;
> C. obligations of data controllers;
> D. powers and penalties of the Information Commissioner;
> E. the principles-based approach
> F. exemptions under the DPA; and
> G. international transfers.
>
> 3. These are key areas of the current legislation. However, if you
> would like to raise issues about any other aspect of the data
> protection framework either things that are working well or working
> badly, please provide us with relevant evidence. We will be in a more
> informed position to consider change for the future where we have
> clear evidence of the benefits and costs of the DPA.
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> http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/call-for-evidence-060710.htm
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> Best wishes,
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> Katherine Gundersen
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