Draft Investigatory Powers Bill ignores data protection when collecting bulk personal datasets
5 January 2016
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Tomorrow the Information Commissioner will give his views on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill (“the Bill”) to a cross party Parliamentary Committee examining the Bill. The Bill proposes a power for the national security agencies to collect Bulk Personal Datasets (BPD) by a warrant signed by the Secretary of State which is subject to review by a Judicial Commissioner (the “double lock”). A Bulk Personal Dataset is any collection of personal data, where the “majority of the individuals are not,
