ICO consultation - Privacy Impact Assessment - data protection register
ICO consultation - Privacy Impact Assessment - data protection register "The ICO is required by law to make the register available for inspection and does this via the ICO website. We are currently exploring the possibility of making the register available to be downloaded in its entirety, in a reusable format.
There will be a number of potential benefits from making this data available. For example, opening the data up will allow others to combine, analyse and gain new insights from it. The principles of open data have also been recently set out in the Protection of Freedoms Bill.
However, a number of entries on the register relate to individuals, such as sole traders, and there are therefore data protection considerations. For example, is it fair that data collected for a statutory purpose is made available in a form that could make it more widely available and usable?
We want your views on what the impact on individuals would be if the register was available to download as a dataset, in a re-usable format, in its entirety."
