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UK: Bill to allow all government departments and state agencies to "share"/exchange personal data

01 January 2009

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Coroners and Justice Bill (232 pages, see Clause 152, link). Explanatory Memorandum (see pages 108-115, link). To try and head off objections to the official installation of the "surveillance state" the Bill includes "consultation" when a Minister makes an "order" for "information-sharing", 21 days for the Information Commissioner to make comments which will be taken into "account" (ie: are not binding) and need "parliamentary" approval - through the passing of Statutory Instruments (SI), which are simply "nodded" through without debate. See: Whitehall departments to share personal data - Straw lifts curbs on use of private information (Guardian, link) - Justice Minister, Jack Straw said: "you don't want personally to give the same information again and again if it can be safely held and safely transferred." and government's: Tell Us Once Programme, a cross government initiative (link)

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