A question on #Offenders #DataProtection tabled by Olly Glover on 02-07-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Offenders: Data Protection
Question ID: 1818989
UIN: 64705
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-02
Asking Member ID: 5318
Asking Member display name: Olly Glover
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of the right to be forgotten in the Data Protection Act 2018, in the context of people acquitted of crimes.
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Date answered: 2025-07-09
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Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: We have made no assessment of the effectiveness of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018 in respect of people acquitted of crimes. The ‘right to be forgotten’ is not an absolute right and whether there is a need for an organisation to retain data...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
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