Part 1: Bulk Personal Datasets Low or no reasonable expectation of privacy New section 226A of the IPA 2016: Bulk personal datasets: low or no reasonable expectation of privacy
Section 226A is concerned with the application of Part 7A and sets out the test and factors that determine whether a BPD is within its scope.
	Subsection (1) sets out test which must be applied. The test is whether the nature of the BPD is such that the individuals to whom the personal data relates could have no, or only a low, reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to that data.
	Subsection (2) requires that regard must be had to all the circumstances when considering the test in subsection (1), including, in particular, certain factors listed in subsection (3).
	Subsection (3) lists the factors to which, in particular, regard must be had when considering the test in subsection (1). These are: the nature of the data; the extent to which the data has been made public (either by the individuals to whom the data relates themselves, or with their consent); the extent to which data that has been published has been subject to editorial control or by a person acting in accordance with professional standards; the extent to which the data is widely known about if it has been published or is in the public domain, and; the extent to which the data has already been used in the public domain.