Data Sharing between Public Bodies

In case you missed it, The Law Commission published its Scoping Report, 'Data Sharing between Public Bodies' in July 2014.

 

The recommendations were:

 

1. We recommend that a full law reform project should be carried out in order to create a principled and clear legal structure for data sharing, which will meet the needs of society. These needs include efficient and effective government, the delivery of public services and the protection of privacy. Data sharing law must accord with emerging European law and cope with technological advances. The project should include work to map, modernise, simplify and clarify the statutory provisions that permit and control data sharing and review the common law.  
2. The scope of the review should extend beyond data sharing between public bodies to the disclosure of information between public bodies and other organisations carrying out public functions.
3. The project should be conducted on a tripartite basis by the Law Commission of England and Wales, together with the Scottish Law Commission and the Northern Ireland Law Commission. 

 The full text can be downloaded at:

http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/areas/data-sharing.htm