Description of the protected information paras 4.16 to 4.19
Description of the protected information
4.16 Persons applying for appropriate permission must ensure that their application describes the protected information which has been, or is likely to be, lawfully obtained and in relation to which a disclosure requirement is sought to be imposed as precisely as possible. Where appropriate permission is granted or where a person has appropriate permission without another person's permission the consequent notice must similarly describe the protected information.
4.17 Any notice must be in sufficient detail to enable the person given notice to be clear about the protected information to which it relates. The information can be described by reference to file names, usernames, dates and times or by any other identifiers of data, storage media, software or hardware. Where a key to the protected information can be identified the identity of the key should be included in the notice.
4.18 In some cases, it may be appropriate in order to identify or to confirm the identification of the protected data to include in, attach to or accompany the notice some or all of the protected information or a copy of some or all of it.
4.19 In respect of protected information likely to be obtained it may not always be practicable to describe the information in the same detail or as precisely as information that has been obtained - although a fuller description may be provided subsequently in the form of a schedule to the original notice.