Home Affairs Committee : Inquiry into ‘The Surveillance Society?’ Evidence Submitted by the Information Commissioner

The Information Commissioner has responsibility for promoting and enforcing the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. He is independent from government and promotes access to official information and the protection of personal information. The Commissioner does this by providing guidance to individuals and organisations, solving problems where he can, and taking appropriate action where the law is broken. The comments in this evidence are primarily from the data protection perspective

See also : A Report on the Surveillance Society

Source : ’A Surveillance Society’ report

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Inquiry into ‘The Surveillance Society?’