Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Accessing information held by other agencies - Direct access to database information

124: Purpose of subpart

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"Letting security agencies access public information databases"

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The purpose of this part of the law is to let an intelligence and security agency look directly at databases that store certain public information. You can think of databases like big collections of information that the government uses. This law is trying to make it easier for these agencies to get the information they need from these databases.

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"A list of special certificates issued by intelligence agencies, with details about each one."


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"Some spy agencies can directly access certain information from other agencies if they have a special agreement."

Part 5Accessing information held by other agencies
Direct access to database information

124Purpose of subpart

  1. The purpose of this subpart is to enable an intelligence and security agency to have direct access to databases storing specified public sector information.