Open date: 06 July 2010

Close date: 06 October 2010

The Government has issued a Call for Evidence on current data protection law to help inform the UK’s position on negotiations for a new EU data protection instrument, which are expected to start in early 2011.

The Call for Evidence lasts for three months and is due to close on 6 October 2010.

At the same time as launching this Call for Evidence, the Government has published a provisional post implementation review impact assessment of the Data Protection Act 1998, on which we would also welcome comments. This impact assessment complements the Call for Evidence and publication of a full impact assessment is planned for the end of 2010.

Please note that the Call for Evidence is not a formal consultation, but an evidence gathering exercise.

Call for evidence

• Call for Evidence on the current data protection legislative framework (PDF 0.22mb 56 pages)
• Impact assessment (PDF 0.13mb 15 pages)
• Equality impact assessment (PDF 0.06mb 7 pages)
• Call for Evidence on the data protection legislative framework - questionnaire (Word 0.12mb 8 pages)

http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/call-for-evidence-060710.htm