further encroachments on our freedoms and rights

My letter to Angela Smith after hearing about a scary new clause in the Coroners and Justice Bill going through parliament. More infor can be found on the NO2ID website http://www.no2id.net/datasharing.php- though this bill isn't actually to do with identity cards - it is to do with how the government would be allowed to share information collected about us - for reasons other that those it was collected for.

MP for Hillsborough 22nd Jan 2009
Sheffield

Dear Angela Smith

I am extremely concerned about a bill being processed in Parliament at the moment. The Bill concerned is the Coroners and Justice Bill [2], and particularly within that, clause 152 (cl.152). This clause would amend the Data Protection Act in a way that is a grave threat to our freedoms and rights.

This clause will allow ministers to make ‘information sharing orders’ that can alter Acts of Parliament and can allow codes of confidentiality to be broken. This would mean that information gathered from people for one reason could be used for another reason.

Please find time to read this clause, and make it known that you do not support it. This is very urgent as the bill is going through imminently.

Yours sincerely,



Harriet Cameron