Series
Committee on Privacy: Evidence and Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 264
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HO 264
The Committee on Privacy was appointed in 1970 by the Home Secretary, the Lord Chancellor and the Scottish Secretary and was chaired by the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Younger; it reported on 12 July 1972 (Cmnd. 5012). This series contains selected...
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HO 264
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee on Privacy: Evidence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1967-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Committee on Privacy was appointed in 1970 by the Home Secretary, the Lord Chancellor and the Scottish Secretary and was chaired by the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Younger; it reported on 12 July 1972 (Cmnd. 5012). This series contains selected registered files of the committee, including evidence submitted to it.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee on Privacy, 1970-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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286 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Closed until 2001
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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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The Committee on Privacy was appointed by the Home Secretary, The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan M.P., the Lord Chancellor, Lord Gardiner, and the Scottish Secretary, the Rt. Hon. William Ross M.P., on 13 May 1970. The appointment of the Committee followed the withdrawal by its sponsor, Mr Brian Walden M.P., of a Right of Privacy Bill based on a draft published in a report on Privacy and the Law by a committee of 'Justice', the British section of the International Commission of Jurists. The Chairman of the Committee on Privacy was the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Younger, and its terms of reference were: to consider whether legislation is needed to give further protection to the individual citizen and to commercial and industrial interests against intrusions into privacy by private persons and organisations, or by companies, and to make recommendations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9128/
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Committee on Privacy: Evidence and Papers