Petition Create a Privacy Council to educate and improve privacy in the UK

Create a Privacy Council that is independent of the Government and whose members are privacy professionals who understand and can practically apply the European Convention Article 8: Right to Respect for Private Life, Family Life, Home and Correspondence.

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The Privacy Council:

Should understand privacy (the overarching rights NOT just data privacy), and distil this knowledge into practical guidance that is made available to all.

Should advise Parliament on privacy matters.

Should co-ordinate with other organisations to help to create proper privacy-enhancing technologies that genuinely enhance and protect privacy.

Should help industry to enhance operations through privacy measures.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

22 signatures

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Date closed 7 December 2023
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