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Joint Committee on Human Rights Report on the Retention, Use and Destruction of Biometric Data: Correspondence with Government
November 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe Joint Committee on Human Rights twenty-seventh report of session 2008-09 notes the removal of clauses from the Policing and Crime Bill which would have enabled the Government to deal with the retention, use and destruction of biometric data, following an adverse judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Marper case, by secondary legislation.
The Committee had earlier called for these clauses to be removed and this subsequently occurred in the House of Lords. Ahead of a debate on Lords amendments to the Bill, the Committee has published correspondence with the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers about their response to the Marper judgment and how the Government intends to ensure that the breach of the European Convention on Human Rights is rectified.
Legislation referred to: Policing and Crime Bill 2009
Cases referred to: Marper v United Kingdom (30562/04) Unreported December 4, 2008 (ECHR (Grand Chamber))
The full report is available here.
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Data Protection and Freedom of Information
