New Clause 3 - Establishment of the inspectorate of data
Police and Justice Bill
1:00 pm
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
I am reasonably familiar with the data protection principles and the role of the Information Commissioner. I had not realised that it extended to vetting the use of data that are legal but may not be agreeable to public policy in such cases. That is surely way outside the Information Commissioner’s remit.