An Interesting RIP Report Stage Amendment

[Caspar Bowden]

> "The matters to be taken into account in considering whether
> the requirement of subsection (2)(b) is satisfied in the case of
> any direction shall include the extent and nature of any protected
> information, in addition to the protected information in respect of
> which the disclosure requirement is imposed, to which the key
> is also a key."

This IS an extraordinary government amendment - it appears to be a belated
attempt to ameliorate one of the foundational blind-spots of the bill,
namely the compromise of collateral information which is protected by the
same key. But, as Brian points out, the "nature of" (and extent of) "other"
protected information is by definition unknown. The government has just
tabled (itself) the self-destruct clause of RIP Pt.III. Weirder and
weirder....

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Caspar Bowden               Tel: +44(0)20 7354 2333
Director, Foundation for Information Policy Research
RIP Information Centre at:    www.fipr.org/rip#media