WRITTEN ON June 12th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?

The outgoing – and perhaps demob happy – Information Commissioner may say some important things: on his way out

‘We live in a free society. We value our freedoms. Sometimes it is a step too far if people err on the side of the collection of data for the sake of collecting data, rather than on the ones we need to watch.’

He said ContactPoint and the Government’s DNA database were examples of laws which Parliament had passed without fully realising the consequences or properly scrutinising them.

His office, and his successor, needs more powers, more budget, and a better implemented UK data protection act to police.