Record revealed
A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park
In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.
Series
Home Office: Privacy (PRV symbol series) registered files
Catalogue reference: HO 411
What's it about?
HO 411
This series consists of files documenting the development of policy on the protection of privacy, access to information held on computer and access to government information.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 411
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Privacy (PRV symbol series) registered files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files documenting the development of policy on the protection of privacy, access to information held on computer and access to government information.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are arranged in former reference order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PRV
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 81 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 Home Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Computing
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1970-1987
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files have been selected, under Acquisition Policy theme 2.2.1.4 Administration of justice (definition and protection of legal rights and obligations), which show the development of policy, the drafting and implementation of legislation and the establishment of and liaison with regulatory bodies by the Home Office
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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E Division of the general Department was responsible for privacy matters, including information held on government computers. Responsibility for information legislation passed to the Lord Chancellor's Department in 2001.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16034/
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