Procurement Policy Note 03/17 (Changes to Data Protection Legislation & General Data Protection Regulation) provides draft provisions to be added to new and current contracts to reflect the new requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation. The PPN is applicable to central government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies. However other public bodies may also find the guidance helpful
In December 2016, the new Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Dunham, announced that the ICO would be preparing a report for Parliament this year on whether companies who provide outsourced services to local authorities should also be subject to the Freedom of Information 2000 Act (FOIA).
The Commissioner’s focus is on transparency and in her speech to the Freedom of Information at
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