Lords; Personal data: impact on privacy and freedom

P. John made this Freedom of Information request to Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice did not have the information requested.

From: P. John

16 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

in a debate in the House Of Lords 2 April 2009 (Column 1184) at
midday, Lord Maclennan of Rogart asked the following question;

"I wonder whether the Government can give any information about
their intention to put communication data, concerning e-mails,
telephone communication and the internet, on a large, centralised
database. The general expectation about an anticipated Bill has
given rise to considerable concern because it is widely recognised
that those who access these things can scan people’s life histories
with very little advantage accruing to the individuals but much
accruing to those who want to advertise."

The Minister present, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach) failed to respond to the question
but stated that "I will have to write to noble Lords with answers
to their questions as best I can".

Please disclose the letter written by Lord Bach to Lord Maclennan.

Yours faithfully,

P John

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21 April 2009

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Dear P John,

Please find attached the acknowledgement to your Freedom of Information
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Yours sincerely,

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(On behalf of John Walker)

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From: P. John

16 May 2009

Dear Ms. Holliday/Mr Walker

I regret - Ministry of Justice are now late complying with this
freedom of information request.

Please could you address this matter?

Yours sincerely,

P. John

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From: P. John

18 May 2009

Dear Ms Austen,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Justice's
handling of my FOI request 'Lords; Personal data: impact on privacy
and freedom'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lo...

On 2nd April 2009, Lord Maclennan of Rogart put the following
question to Lord Bach (column 1186);

"I wish to put a number of other questions to the Minister in this
relatively brief intervention, considering the scale of the
subject. I wonder whether the Government can give any information
about their intention to put communication data, concerning
e-mails, telephone communication and the internet, on a large,
centralised database. The general expectation about an anticipated
Bill has given rise to considerable concern because it is widely
recognised that those who access these things can scan people’s
life histories with very little advantage accruing to the
individuals but much accruing to those who want to advertise."

The information supplied in answer to my freedom of information
request includes neither a letter addressed to Lord Maclennan, nor
the answer to his question.

Please will you conduct an internal review?

I am particularly keen to understand why Lord Maclennan of Rogart
was under the impression that the Communications Database might
accrue much advantage for those who want to advertise, and how Lord
Bach responded to that question.

Yours sincerely,

P. John

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Phillip Main left an annotation (18 May 2009)

I too am particularly keen to understand why Lord Maclennan of Rogart was under the impression that the Communications Database might accrue much advantage advertisers with little or no benefit for the public, and extremely interested in the response given by Lord Bach to the question.

Phillip Main

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22 May 2009

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Dear P John,

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From: Wright, Hannah
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4 June 2009

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Dear Sir/Madman,

Please see the attached word document as a response to the Internal
Review relating to a question to Lord Bach by Lord Maclennan.
The additional PDF documents are referred to in the internal review and
have been attached for your information.

Yours sincerely,

Hannah Wright
Ministry of Justice | Data Access & Compliance Unit | 0203 334 5249

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From: Wright, Hannah
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4 June 2009

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sincere apologies for the typo-error! I meant no offence, it was an
honest mistake.
If you have any queries on you Internal Review, give me a call.

Many thanks for pointing the typo out to me!

Hannah Wright
Ministry of Justice | Data Access & Compliance Unit | 0203 334 5249

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From: Wright, Hannah
Ministry of Justice

5 June 2009

Dear Mr John,

Further to our telephone conversation yesterday I can confirm that the
information we have supplied you with is all the information the
Ministry of Justice holds on this matter. This letter was prepared in
response to the Questions directed at Lord Bach on 2 April. If the
specific question you are concerned about has not been answered it is
likely that another question, asked in the same debate, which covers
similar issues has been selected for answer. I am sorry I cannot help
you any further on this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Hannah Wright
Ministry of Justice | Data Access & Compliance Unit | 0203 334 5249

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P. John left an annotation ( 5 June 2009)

"The general expectation about an anticipated Bill has
given rise to considerable concern because it is widely recognised that those who access these things can scan people’s life histories with very little advantage accruing to the individuals but much accruing to those who want to advertise."

So sadly, it would seem Lord Bach chose to ignore Lord Maclennan's question.

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https://nodpi.org
http://www.badphorm.co.uk
http://www.inphormationdesk.org
http://www.donottrustwebwise.org

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