§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to make forced subject access a criminal offence; and what estimate he has of the scale of the use of forced subject access.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe issue of enforced subject access is dealt with in the draft EU directive on data protection which is currently under negotiation in Brussels. The6W Government will review the position in the light of the outcome of that directive. No firm figures for the use of enforced subject access are available, but the Data Protection Registrar estimates that a substantial proportion of subject access requests in certain sectors may be instigated by third parties.