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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Information Commissioner is responsible for monitoring the propriety of and justification for entries in the Suspicious Activity Reports database maintained by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. [HL3210]
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) do not specify a role for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in respect of the SARs regime. However, as with all personal data held, the ICO has jurisdiction to ensure that the statutory requirements of the DPA are followed by SOCA.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all end users of the suspicious activity reports (SARs) listed in the 2008 annual reports on SARs, published by the Serious Organised Crime Agency, have equal rights of online access to the SARs database. [HL3212]
All end users have access to the entire SARs database with the exception of SARs that are considered particularly sensitive, primarily those related to terrorism and corruption.