A question on #SmartDevices #DataProtection tabled by Lord Taylor of Warwick on 18-12-2024 has been answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch.

Heading: Smart Devices: Data Protection
Question ID: 1751389
UIN: HL3625
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2024-12-18
Asking Member ID: 1796
Asking Member display name: Lord Taylor of Warwick
Asking Member handle: Lord_ofWarwick
Asking Member Twitter reference: @Lord_ofWarwick
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure consumers' data is protected from smart devices collecting more information than their function requires.
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Date answered: 2025-01-06
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 3792
Answering Member display name: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Answering Member handle: WhitchurchGirl
Answering Member Twitter reference: @WhitchurchGirl
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Answer text: All organisations in the UK that process personal data already have to comply with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).In addition, Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Commu...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tweeted: true