Data Ethics Commission Debate

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Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Lord Davies of Oldham

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Lord Speaker’s Statement

Data Ethics Commission

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Railways: Northern England
Monday 10th July 2017

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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The best way is to get international agreement. It was discussed—

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I think it has been discussed in many multinational organisations—including the EU, I completely agree. One point of the data protection Bill is to try to get equivalence in data flow across borders after Brexit, but the point that the noble Lord makes is right: it is not always easy but we have to lead the way to show that an ethical regime is the way forward.

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