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Genetics: Databases |
| Question ID: |
1796845 |
| UIN: |
47609 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
54 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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Sir Julian Lewis
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what privacy safeguards exist to prevent identifiable peoples' sequenced DNA being passed to third parties when companies which offer family or other research services to members of the |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) already require organisations to process personal data lawfully, fairly, transparently and securely, unless certain limited exemptions apply. Organisations are also... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |