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Lord Brennan of Canton
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Millions of people, including me, watched ITV’s excellent recent drama series “The Pembrokeshire Murders”, which showed how painstaking police examination of old DNA evidence helped to convict a brutal serial killer many years after he committed his heinous crimes. Is it possible—and I think the public and victims of crime...

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Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
18 January 2021
Reference
687 c629
House
House of Commons

What action does the Secretary of State think should be taken against an app that breaches key provisions of the Data Protection Act and the privacy and electronic communications regulations, and that is not GDPR—general data protection regulation—compliant?

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Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Topical questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Date
8 February 2018
Reference
635 c1631
House
House of Commons

Exactly, because the app I am talking about does not just belong to the Secretary of State, but is named after him, and the general public need to be protected from their privacy being invaded by Matt Hancock, their personal information being shared with third parties by Matt Hancock and their private photos being accessed by Matt Hancock. Will he undertake to ensure that Matt Hancock complies fully with all data protection regulations in future, and explain why he thinks other people should abide by their legal obligations with regard to data protection if Matt Hancock does not?

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Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
8 February 2018
Reference
635 c1631
House
House of Commons