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Proceeding contribution from Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 19 March 2018. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Cambridge Analytica.


Cambridge Analytica

I have to give a short answer to what is an extremely difficult question. I certainly agree with the noble Baroness that there are more questions to answer than simply those about data protection in the fairly broad confines of the Data Protection Bill. Of course, the data ethics and innovation body is there to consider some of the wider aspects. Many other areas are evolving, and I cannot say that we have all the answers in this one Bill but we are certainly looking at the issues. Our ambition is to make the internet a safe place to be. We have to take into account all areas of public interest, and I agree that elections are certainly matters of public interest.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
790 c78 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Data protection Campaigns Elections Powers Political parties Information Commissioner's Office Facebook Cambridge Analytica
Link
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