ICO confirms that Data Protection Act does not apply to emergency powers law.
16 July 2014
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In yesterday’s blog, I suggested that the haste for the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill (DRIP) was because of intended legal action; it looks as if my hunch is more than 50% correct. Secondly, I also said that the statements made by Government in relation to data protection, the national security functions and these emergency measures were complete rubbish; the ICO at his Annual Report launch yesterday confirmed that the protections afforded to data subjects by the Data Protection Act
