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Progress in halting the unlawful trade in confidential personal information

This document contains the following information: What price privacy now?: the first six months progress in halting the unlawful trade in confidential personal information.

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This document contains the following information: What price privacy now?: the first six months progress in halting the unlawful trade in confidential personal information.

The Commissioner’s report ‘What price privacy?’ (HC 1056, session 2005-06, ISBN 0102937672) exposed an extensive illegal trade in confidential personal information. Events since publication have further highlighted this illegal trade, and this first six month progress report details some examples. It also lists the publications identified from documentation seized during Operation Motorman.

This paper was laid before Parliament in response to a legislative requirement or as a Return to an Address and was ordered to be printed by the House of Commons.

Published 13 December 2006