Proposed sections 25A – 25B, relating to protection of personal information (clause 25) 54. The Law Society supports the proposal to require the Director of the GCSB to have in place a policy relating to the protection of disclosure of personal information. The Bill does not however appear to include any sanction or indeed any monitoring power in relation to breaches of the policy, when in place. Even having regard to the proposed widening of the functions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security contained in clause 31 of the Bill, it is not entirely clear that this aspect would fall within the Inspector-General’s jurisdiction to monitor or investigate under the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1996 (IGIS Act). 55. There is no provision for publication of or public access to the Director’s policy on personal information, when formulated. It seems desirable that the policy be a publicly available document. The Law Society recommends that this should be expressly addressed in the Bill. Recommendation 56. In light of these comments, the Law Society recommends that there should be changes made to the IGIS Act to provide for publication of the policy relating to the protection of disclosure of personal information, sanctions for breaches of that policy, and monitoring powers in relation to that policy, as set out in our comments below.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:51:52 +0000
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