Potentially relevant areas of the law
You can refer to the examples of relevant laws in the segment of this handbook that described the criteria for privacy law compliance checks.
The following is an indicative, but not exhaustive, list of other laws that may be relevant.
- Statutes regulating such activities as public health, education, family law, children’s safety, occupational health and safety, archives, telecommunications, and surveillance devices.
- For government agencies, provisions within the statutes that govern their activities and programmes.
- For public-private partnerships, provisions within the statutes that govern their activities and programmes, and terms within the contracts that the parties have entered into.
- For sub-contractors, terms within the contracts that the parties have entered into.
- The law of confidence, which has also developed into the tort of misuse of private information.
- The tort of negligence.
- The tort of passing off.
- The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.
- The Human Rights Act 1998.
Postponing or redesigning a project
To the extent that the design is not compliant with the law, or it would be illegal to deploy the new or adapted system or scheme, it may be necessary to change the design prior to deployment, in order to achieve compliance.