Lord Moraes
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Lord Moraes
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to monitor the security and use of UK citizens’ data under agreements with third countries, including the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023.
Baroness in Waiting/Government Whip (Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath) (Lab)
The DCMS Secretary of State is required to monitor all jurisdictions with UK adequacy decisions, including the US, to ensure that all UK personal data transferred abroad continues to be protected to the UK’s high standards. DCMS works closely with our international counterparts and with UK departments to understand the implications of developments relating to our adequacy decisions for UK data subjects.
Lord Moraes (Lab)
I thank my noble friend the Minister for that Answer. She will be aware that the House expressed concerns before the Recess about UK digital sovereignty and the way that non-UK entities own much of our digital infrastructure, invest in data centres, process the data of UK citizens in key public services and, of course, transfer the data within adequacy agreements, as she has just addressed. Can she reassure the House that the Government will pay close attention to the vulnerabilities of this country in having some limitations to our tech sovereignty?